Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency medicine education: Insights from faculty and residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact health systems across the United States and worldwide in an unprecedented way; however, its influence on frontline medical trainees' educational experiences is unknown. Our objective was to determine the effects of COVID-19 on emergency medicine (EM) training programs and residents.

Methods

We performed a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey study of faculty and residents at programs registered with Foundations of Emergency Medicine. Participants completed an online survey consisting of closed and open-ended response items. We reported descriptive statistics for discrete and continuous data. Free-response data were analyzed qualitatively using a thematic approach.

Results

Ninety-two percent of faculty (119/129) and

SUBMITTER: Weygandt PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190515 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature