Impact of COVID-19 on post-graduate orthopaedic training in Delhi-NCR.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the study

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound effects on healthcare system including medical training and education in India. The study was aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on post-graduate teaching and learning amongst candidates pursuing higher qualification in orthopaedics, in the Delhi-National Capital Region in India.

Design

An online cross-sectional survey of 29 questions was circulated amongst post-graduate students pursuing higher orthopaedics degree to evaluate (i) Impact on PG teaching (ii) Impact on surgical training (iii) Impact on Dissertation (iv) Future implications on PG training programme (v) Mental wellbeing.

Results

138 (77.5) PG trainees contributed in the survey, and 65.1% of them stated that

SUBMITTER: Upadhyaya GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7381906 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature