Graduate medical education in anaesthesiology and COVID-19: lessons learned from a global pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

The recent global pandemic has dramatically altered the anaesthesiology educational landscape in unexpected ways. It is important that we pause to learn from this crisis.

Recent findings

Most resident trainees actively caring for COVID-19 patients present with probable or subclinical finding of post-traumatic stress disorder. Anaesthesia resident training programmes evolved to continue the mission of anaesthesia education in the face of institutional restrictions and evolving clinical crises.

Summary

The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how external stressors can cause significant disruption to traditional medical education pathways. Resilience to external disruptive forces in anaesthesia education include a willingness of leadership t

SUBMITTER: Chu LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8577310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature