The Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on the Training of General Surgery Residents
- Conditions
- COVID-19 PandemicEducational Problems
- Interventions
- Other: Training in surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT05069116
- Lead Sponsor
- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Brief Summary
The educational process of general surgery residents is a very important step in every surgeon's career, which is often overlooked or neglected. The Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted deep changes in the medical activity in general and in the training process of young doctors in particular.
Our study aims to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the educational process of general surgery residents, through a comparative study. The responses of resident doctors at a questionnaire, in two different time periods, will be compared: pre-Covid era (December 2019) and Covid era (December 2020).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
- General surgery residents
- Above second year of residency
- Residency program in Cluj-Napoca Medical Centre
- Incomplete responses to the questionnaire
- Refusal to be included in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Covid-era Training in surgery - pre-Covid era Training in surgery -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The impact of the pandemic on the educational process December 2019-December 2020 Active participation in the operating room (hours/day, day/week), Theoretical education (hours/week), possibilities of extracurricular training
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
"Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania