Collaborative Overview of coronaVIrus impact on ORTHopaedic training in the UK (COVI - ORTH UK). Issue 6 (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jayatilaka, Malwattage Lara Tania; As-Sultany, Mohammed; Gabr, Ayman; Thornton, Luke; Graham, Simon; Mason, Lyndon; Farrar, Nicholas Greville; Abdalla, Samir; A'Court, Jamie; Allport, Jack; Andrew, Stefanie; Ankers, Thomas; Archer, James E.; Asp, Rebecka AM.; Athanatos, Lambros; Bailey, Morgan; Barrett-Lee, Joe JT.; Baxter, Ian; Beaumont, Oliver; Benjamin-Laing, Harry; Bhatty, Usman N.; Bleibleh, Sabri; Blong, Jessica; Budair, Basil; Carter, Joseph; Cash, Thomas; Chauhan, Govind S.; Choudhry, Nameer; Clegg, Rachael; Collins, Thomas; Crate, Georgina; Cross, George WV.; Crosswell, Sebastien CR.; Crowther, Ian; Cuthbert, Rory; Dahill, Mark A.; Das, Rishi; Edward Davies, Peter Samuel; Dawson, Daniel; Dhadwal, Anil; Dickenson, Edward; Dimock, Richard AC.; Dong, Huan; Donnelly, Thomas; Dorman, Sara; Dott, Cameron; D'sa, Prashanth; Dupley, Leanne; Durst, Alexander; Eastley, Nicholas; Ebreo, Darren; Egglestone, Anthony; Evans, Douglas; Fagir, Mohamed; Fenner, Christopher; Ferguson, David; Flannery, Oliver; Fraig, Hossam; Gandham, Surya; Gibson, Catherine; Gillespie, Matthew; Gordon, Robin; Graham, Selina; Grant, Michael J.; Gwyn, Rhodri; Haddon, Alexandra; Hamoodi, Zaid; Harris, Luke; Harrison, William D.; Hawkes, David H.; Hillier, David; Hillier-Smith, Ryan; Hirst, John Timothy; Hodhody, Ghazal; Holmes, David; Houston, James; Hughes, Michael; Ingoe, Helen; Jones, Mark D.; Jordan, Stevan; Kang, Hean Wu; Kanya, Luliana; Kapur, Benjamin; Karam, Edward; Kaye, Angus; Kennedy, James; Khan, Mohsin; Khan, Shoaib; Kinnair, Anthony; Knapper, Thomas D.; Konarski, Alastair; Sunil Kumar, Karadi Hari; Kurar, Langhit; Kwaees, Tariq; Lennox-Warburton, Hannah; Liaw, Frank; Liew, Ignatius; Limb, Richard; Lin, Zoe; Lloyd, Thomas; Lum, Joann; Luo, Weisang; Lynch, John M.; Machin, John T.; Maheswaran, Tim; Mahmood, Fahd; Mahmood, Ihsan; Mahmoud, Samer SS.; Martin, Rebecca; Matharu, Gulraj S.; Matheron, George; McKenna, Raymond; McLoughlin, Kathryn; Mehta, Nisarg; Miller, James; Mohamed, Mohamed; Nagy, Mathias; Navaratnam, Devaraj M.; Newman, Michael; Newton, Ashley; Ng, Jimmy; Tun Ngu, Albert Wee; Oputa, Tobenna; Ormsby, Neal; Page, Piers RJ.; Panagiotopoulos, Andreas C.; Park, Chang; Parkes, Rebekah J.; Pearce, Jack; Quarcoopome, Jared; Ramasamy, Ashok; Rashid, Fatima; Rasidovic, Damir; Raval, Parag; Raval, Pradyumna; Reddy, Gautam; Remtulla, Mohammed abbas; Render, Luke; Richardson, Charlotte; Riddlestone, Peter; Riley, James; Rogers, Sophie; Rohman, Lebur; Segaren, Neil; Singh, Abhinav; Singhal, Rohit; Smith, Adam; Stamp, Gregory FW.; Stoddart, Michael Thomas; Stoneham, Adam CS.; Stoner, Rebecca; Studnicka, Kasia; Tahir, Muaaz; Thiruchandran, Gajendiran; Tonge, Xenia; Unsworth, Richard Mark; Vejsbjerg, Karen A.; Wasim, Abdus Samee; Whitham, Robert DJ.; Wynell-Mayow, William; Yates, Jonathan; Zreik, Nasri; Chan, Matthew;
• Is Part Of: Surgeon. Volume 19:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: e331
• Page End: e337
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: COVID–19 -- Coronavirus -- Pandemic -- Trauma & orthopaedics -- Education -- Training; Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- Periodicals; 617
• DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2021.02.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1479-666X

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on the 11th of March 2020 with the NHS deferring all non-urgent activity from the 15th of April 2020. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Trauma and Orthopaedic trainees nationally. Methods: Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) specialty trainees nationally were asked to complete an electronic survey specifically on the impact of COVID-19 on their training. This UK based survey was conducted between May 2020 and July 2020. Results: A total of 185 out of 975 (19%) T&O specialty trainees completed the survey. Redeployment was experienced by 25% of trainees. 84% of respondents had experienced a fall in total operating numbers in comparison with the same time period in 2019. 89% experienced a fall in elective operating and 63% experienced a fall in trauma operating. The pandemic has also had an effect on the delivery of teaching, with face to face teaching being replaced by webinar-based teaching. 63% of training programmes delivered regular weekly teaching, whilst 19% provided infrequent sessions and 11% provided no teaching. Conclusion: This study has objectively demonstrated the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all aspects of T&O training. Highlights: COVID – 19 has had an impact on trauma and orthopaedic training. COVID – 19 has affected trauma and orthopaedic training across the United Kingdom. COVID – 19 has effected the delivery of regional teaching in trauma and orthopaedics.