Maintaining Postgraduate Healthcare Education During COVID-19 : Does a Virtual Format Allow Effective Engagement and Personal Development?
Copyright © 2021, Sambhwani et al..
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges in health care, leading to a dramatic change in service provision and impacting surgical training. The availability of a virtual meeting platform allowed our team to develop a new educational programme aiming to maintain an ethos of education safely, focusing on providing an opportunity to develop non-technical skills and maintain reflective practice. Materials and Methods Microsoft Teams was used to conduct two streams of weekly education: a journal club focussing on developing critical evaluation skills, and case-based in-depth discussion forum to develop presentation skills and evidence-based management. A questionnaire after 10 weeks was used to evaluate the effectiveness and engagement of the two streams. Results Fifty-three responses were received. Seventy-two percent felt that their engagement in teaching was increased on a virtual platform. There was 88% satisfaction with the platform. Reflective practice increased and 40% of respondents felt their non-technical skills improved. Sixty-eight percent stated that they would like to continue the virtual format going forward and 88% would recommend this to their peers. Ninety-two percent felt that the platform played a pivotal role in helping maintain team morale during this period. Conclusion Our experience of using a virtual tool to maintain education within our department is very positive. There has been good engagement with positive reflection and learning at a time of great change in the NHS. Both trainees and non-trainees have benefited. With ongoing COVID still influencing clinical practice, we recommend utilising virtual platforms to maintain education in surgical departments.
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13 |
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Cureus - 13(2021), 10 vom: 07. Okt., Seite e19066 |
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Sambhwani, Sharan [VerfasserIn] |
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10.7759/cureus.19066 |
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| 520 | |a Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges in health care, leading to a dramatic change in service provision and impacting surgical training. The availability of a virtual meeting platform allowed our team to develop a new educational programme aiming to maintain an ethos of education safely, focusing on providing an opportunity to develop non-technical skills and maintain reflective practice. Materials and Methods Microsoft Teams was used to conduct two streams of weekly education: a journal club focussing on developing critical evaluation skills, and case-based in-depth discussion forum to develop presentation skills and evidence-based management. A questionnaire after 10 weeks was used to evaluate the effectiveness and engagement of the two streams. Results Fifty-three responses were received. Seventy-two percent felt that their engagement in teaching was increased on a virtual platform. There was 88% satisfaction with the platform. Reflective practice increased and 40% of respondents felt their non-technical skills improved. Sixty-eight percent stated that they would like to continue the virtual format going forward and 88% would recommend this to their peers. Ninety-two percent felt that the platform played a pivotal role in helping maintain team morale during this period. Conclusion Our experience of using a virtual tool to maintain education within our department is very positive. There has been good engagement with positive reflection and learning at a time of great change in the NHS. Both trainees and non-trainees have benefited. With ongoing COVID still influencing clinical practice, we recommend utilising virtual platforms to maintain education in surgical departments | ||
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