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Graduate medical education in anaesthesiology and COVID-19: lessons learned from a global pandemic. Current opinion in anaesthesiology Chu, L. F., Kurup, V. 2021

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The recent global pandemic has dramatically altered the anaesthesiology educational landscape in unexpected ways. It is important that we pause to learn from this crisis.RECENT FINDINGS: Most resident trainees actively caring for COVID-19 patients present with probable or subclinical finding of post-traumatic stress disorder. Anaesthesia resident training programmes evolved to continue the mission of anaesthesia education in the face of institutional restrictions and evolving clinical crises.SUMMARY: The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how external stressors can cause significant disruption to traditional medical education pathways. Resilience to external disruptive forces in anaesthesia education include a willingness of leadership to understand the problem, flexibility in adapting to the needs of learners and instructors in the face of key challenges, deployment of technology and innovation-minded solution-finding where appropriate, and attention to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.VIDEO ABSTRACT: http://links.lww.com/COAN/A77.

View details for DOI 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001065

View details for PubMedID 34608056