Department of Dermatology, Royal Gwent Hospital, Gwent, UK.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 2021 Apr;46(3):544-547. doi: 10.1111/ced.14498. Epub 2020 Dec 10.
The entire landscape of dermatology service provision has been transformed by the current SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) pandemic, with virtual working having become the new norm across the UK. A pre-pandemic UK-wide survey of dermatology registrars in training demonstrated a huge shortfall in trainee confidence in their teledermatology skills, with only 15% feeling even slightly confident, while 96% of trainees surveyed felt that more teaching in this area was needed. We carried out a follow-up trainee survey during the COVID-19 pandemic, which showed that the sudden thrust into virtual working had achieved dramatic gains in trainee confidence, propelling the percentage of trainees that now felt slightly confident to 58%. However, the shortfall remains, as does the pressing need to incorporate teledermatology into the trainee teaching timetable.
当前 SARS-CoV-2（COVID）大流行彻底改变了皮肤病学服务的整体格局，虚拟工作已成为英国的新常态。在 COVID-19 大流行之前，对英国接受培训的皮肤科住院医师进行了一项全国范围的调查，结果表明，住院医师在远程皮肤病学技能方面的信心严重不足，只有 15%的人感到有些自信，而 96%的受访者认为该领域需要更多的教学。我们在 COVID-19 大流行期间进行了一项后续住院医师调查，结果表明，突然转向虚拟工作使住院医师的信心大幅增强，现在感到有些自信的住院医师比例跃升至 58%。然而，差距仍然存在，需要将远程皮肤病学纳入住院医师教学时间表。
