Imediegwu Kelechi Uzodinma, Magbo Chidera V, Umeji Ebube I, Azumah Emmnauel K, Onyebuchukwu Chiamaka Q, Okonkwo Kenechukwu Judah, Abor Jude C, Uduezue Anthonia
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria.
J West Afr Coll Surg. 2023 Jan-Mar;13(1):50-54. doi: 10.4103/jwas.jwas_238_22. Epub 2023 Jan 18.
Despite the increased usage of virtual, nonphysical resources for medical education during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, plastic surgical training still suffered adversely in some aspects.
The aim of this study was to explore the overall impact of virtual resources and effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on plastic surgery training among residents in Southern Nigeria.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted among senior plastic surgery residents in southern Nigeria using a well-structured online questionnaire carried out over a 3-month period. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software program, version 25.0. Measures were taken to significantly minimise response, answer order, and other survey research errors/bias. A pilot study was done. Consent was obtained from all participants.
A total of 29 plastic surgery residents completed the questionnaire. Mean age was 35.15 years with standard deviation of 6.31. The response rate was 72.5%. According to a majority of the residents, there were no significant changes in the frequency of burn, hand, and facial injury cases during the pandemic; training courses on plastic surgery (44.3%) and operative cases decreased (48.3%), whereas there was a significant increase in intraoperative teaching (27.6%) as well as simulations and conferences (41.4%). Majority of the respondents also alluded to the significant financial and psychological impacts of the pandemic on residents and a significant decline in cases with general anaesthesia as compared with cases with local anaesthesia.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mixture of significant positive and negative changes in the plastic surgery training of residents.
尽管在2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，虚拟的、非实体资源在医学教育中的使用有所增加，但整形外科培训在某些方面仍受到不利影响。
本研究旨在探讨虚拟资源的总体影响以及COVID-19大流行对尼日利亚南部住院医师整形外科培训的影响。
这是一项横断面研究，在尼日利亚南部的高级整形外科住院医师中进行，使用结构完善的在线问卷，为期3个月。数据使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）25.0版进行分析。采取措施显著减少回答、答案顺序和其他调查研究误差/偏差。进行了一项试点研究。获得了所有参与者的同意。
共有29名整形外科住院医师完成了问卷。平均年龄为35.15岁，标准差为6.31。回复率为72.5%。根据大多数住院医师的说法，大流行期间烧伤、手部和面部损伤病例的频率没有显著变化；整形外科培训课程（44.3%）和手术病例减少（48.3%），而术中教学（27.6%）以及模拟和会议（41.4%）显著增加。大多数受访者还提到了大流行对住院医师的重大财务和心理影响，与局部麻醉病例相比，全身麻醉病例显著减少。
COVID-19大流行在住院医师整形外科培训中引起了重大的正负变化。
