Jayatilaka, Malwattage Lara Tania, As-Sultany, Mohammed, Gabr, Ayman, Thornton, Luke, Graham, Simon, Mason, Lyndon 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0371-3183 and Farrar, Nicholas Greville
(2021)
Collaborative Overview of coronaVIrus impact on ORTHopaedic training in the UK (COVI-ORTH UK).
SURGEON-JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH AND IRELAND, 19 (6).
E331-E337.
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Abstract
<h4>Introduction</h4>COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on the 11th of March 2020 with the NHS deferring all non-urgent activity from the 15th of April 2020. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Trauma and Orthopaedic trainees nationally.<h4>Methods</h4>Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) specialty trainees nationally were asked to complete an electronic survey specifically on the impact of COVID-19 on their training. This UK based survey was conducted between May 2020 and July 2020.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 185 out of 975 (19%) T&O specialty trainees completed the survey. Redeployment was experienced by 25% of trainees. 84% of respondents had experienced a fall in total operating numbers in comparison with the same time period in 2019. 89% experienced a fall in elective operating and 63% experienced a fall in trauma operating. The pandemic has also had an effect on the delivery of teaching, with face to face teaching being replaced by webinar-based teaching. 63% of training programmes delivered regular weekly teaching, whilst 19% provided infrequent sessions and 11% provided no teaching.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study has objectively demonstrated the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all aspects of T&O training.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Trauma & orthopaedics, Education, Training |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Medicine Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2023 14:53 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 14:53 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.surge.2021.02.007 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3167151 |
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