Impact of early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on family medicine residency training: Analysis of survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify how graduating and incoming family medicine residents (FMR) experienced changes to their education during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

The Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey was modified with questions related to the impact of COVID-19 on FMR and their training. Short-answer responses underwent thematic analysis. Responses to Likert scale and multiple-choice questions were reported as summary statistics.

Setting

Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.

Participants

Graduating FMR in spring 2020 and incoming FMR in fall 2020.

Main outcome measures

Residents' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on clinical skills acquisition and preparedness for practice.

Results

SUBMITTER: Diamond L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature