Impact of Covid-19 on Training for ENT and Cervico-Facial Surgery Residents in France

• Conditions: Cervico-Facial Surgery ENT Medical Residency (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Ile de France, Nouvelle Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Areas); Cervico-Facial Surgery ENT Academic Medical and Surgical Training in France

• Registration Number: NCT05158790
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Brief Summary

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on medical education is real but little known.

ENT interns were directly affected by the management of Covid-19 patients (performing surgical tracheostomies), many conferences and trainings were cancelled, their usual hospital activity deeply reshuffled.

Although each student has a personal story of the impact of Covid-19 on their training, there is no doubt that the effects of Covid-19 are felt at scale. This study aims to investigate the effect of the pandemic on the medical and surgical training of ENT and Cervico-Facial Surgery interns in France from November 2019 to May 2021 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Ile de France, Nouvelle Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur areas). A questionnaire will be sent by mail to ENT interns in France to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the training of ENT interns in France.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-30
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-15
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-05
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-28
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Age > 18 years
• ENT residents in France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Ile de France, Nouvelle Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions) during the period from November 2019 to May 2021.
• Informed of the objectives of the research and not objecting to the processing of their data

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects in research year, on availability, or in off-track training

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on the training of ENT interns in France	before and during the acute phase of the pandemic from November 2019 to May 2021 (ordinal categorical primary endpoint)	Evaluate the reduction in training time (practical and theoretical) as a proportion of usual training time between 2 periods: before and during the acute phase of the pandemic from November 2019 to May

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluate interregional disparities in training time for ENT interns outside the Covid-19 period.	Before and during the acute phase of the pandemic, from November 2019 to May 2021	Comparison of the time dedicated to training (practical and theoretical) between different regions of France over a given period (pre-Covid19)
Assess interregional disparities in the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on ENT interns' training time.	before and during the acute phase of the pandemic, from November 2019 to May 2021	Comparison of the reduction of time dedicated to training (practical and theoretical) between different regions of France. Percentage of time spent in the operating room, duty, on-call, DES course, IUD; Comparison of the reduction of time dedicated to training (practical and theoretical) between different regions of France. Percentage of time spent in the operating room, duty, on-call, DES course, IUD.
Evaluate strategies implemented to compensate for block closure and theoretical course cancellations between waves	Before and during the acute phase of the pandemic, from November 2019 to May 2021	Descriptive qualitative analysis of the strategies implemented.

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale CHU Henri Mondor, APHP; 🇫🇷 Créteil, France

Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Lyon Sud; 🇫🇷 Pierre-Bénite, France

Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHU de Poitiers; 🇫🇷 Poitiers, France

Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP; 🇫🇷 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Département d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France

Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg; 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France