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The Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on the Training of General Surgery Residents

Completed
Conditions
COVID-19 Pandemic
Educational 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
Inclusion Criteria
  • General surgery residents
  • Above second year of residency
  • Residency program in Cluj-Napoca Medical Centre
Exclusion Criteria
  • Incomplete responses to the questionnaire
  • Refusal to be included in the study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Covid-eraTraining in surgery-
pre-Covid eraTraining in surgery-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The impact of the pandemic on the educational processDecember 2019-December 2020

Active participation in the operating room (hours/day, day/week), Theoretical education (hours/week), possibilities of extracurricular training

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

"Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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