Metchik Ariana, Boyd Sally, Kons Zachary, Vilchez Valery, Villano Anthony M, Lazar John F, Anand Rahul J, Jackson Patrick, Stern Jeffrey
Department of General Surgery, MedStar Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, West Hospital, Richmond, Virginia.
J Surg Educ. 2021 Jul-Aug;78(4):1041-1045. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.12.012. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
To describe the implementation of a virtual, multi-institutional educational collaboration involving over 50 general surgery residency programs during the COVID-19 pandemic that enabled enhanced learning for surgical residents despite social-distancing requirements.
Description of Virginia Commonwealth University's virtual educational augmentation program and the development of a collaborative teaching network during the coronavirus pandemic.
This collaboration was initiated by Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Surgery, Richmond, VA, and grew to include general surgery residency programs from across the nation.
General surgery residents and faculty from Departments of General Surgery were recruited locally via direct emails and nationally via the Association of Program Directors' listserv and Twitter. In total, 52 institutions participated from every part of the country.
A virtual, multi-institutional collaborative lecture series was initiated that grew to involve over 50 general surgery residency programs, allowing for daily didactics by experts in their fields during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining social distancing and the provision of essential clinical care.
A multi-institutional collaboration enabled continued didactic education during the coronavirus pandemic, vastly broadening the expertise, scope and variety available to residents, while decreasing burden on faculty. We believe this can serve as a framework for future multi-institutional collaborations that extend beyond the COVID-19 era.
描述在新冠疫情期间开展的一项虚拟多机构教育合作项目的实施情况，该项目涉及50多个普通外科住院医师培训项目，尽管有社交距离要求，但仍能增强外科住院医师的学习效果。
描述弗吉尼亚联邦大学的虚拟教育强化项目以及在新冠疫情期间合作教学网络的发展情况。
该合作由弗吉尼亚州里士满市弗吉尼亚联邦大学外科系发起，参与机构逐渐扩大到来自全国各地的普通外科住院医师培训项目。
普通外科住院医师和普通外科各科室的教员通过直接电子邮件在当地招募，通过项目主任协会的邮件列表服务和推特在全国范围内招募。总共有来自美国各地的52家机构参与。
启动了一个虚拟多机构协作讲座系列，参与的普通外科住院医师培训项目超过50个，在新冠疫情初期，允许各领域专家进行日常教学，同时保持社交距离并提供基本临床护理。
多机构合作在新冠疫情期间实现了持续的教学教育，极大地拓宽了住院医师可获得的专业知识、范围和种类，同时减轻了教员的负担。我们认为，这可以作为未来多机构合作的框架，这种合作将超越新冠疫情时代。
