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

NCT05069116 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SURG TRAINING - COVID
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 78
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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).

Conditions

COVID-19 Pandemic; Educational Problems

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The impact of the pandemic on the educational process

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

  December 2019-December 2020

Study Arms (2)

pre-Covid era

Other: Training in surgery

Covid-era

Other: Training in surgery

Interventions

Training in surgery OTHER

The study evaluates the training process of general surgery residents - in classic surgery, as well as laparoscopic surgery, from hospital activity to extracurricular activities.

Covid-era; pre-Covid era

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

general surgery resident doctors

You may qualify if:

• General surgery residents
• Above second year of residency
• Residency program in Cluj-Napoca Medical Centre

You may not qualify if:

• Incomplete responses to the questionnaire
• Refusal to be included in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: lead

Study Sites (1)

"Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Surgical Procedures, Operative

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2021
• First Posted: October 6, 2021
• Study Start: December 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2020
• Study Completion: September 1, 2021
• Last Updated: October 28, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Locations

RO (1)