The Impact of COVID-19 on Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Training: A Survey of Fellowship Program Directors.

ABSTRACT: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide-reaching impact. Graduate medical education of orthopedic surgeons was not spared from the jarring changes. Purpose: We sought to survey fellowship program directors in the field of orthopedic surgery about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the education of the 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 fellowship classes and the future of their programs. Methods: In October 2020, an 18-item survey was distributed by an official of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) to the specialty societies that govern fellowship training. Each specialty society then distributed the survey to its respective program directors. A reminder email was sent during the enrollment period. Each respondent was able to complete the survey onc

SUBMITTER: Heaps BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8753546 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature