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Redrawing vitreoretinal surgical training program in the COVID-19 era: Experiences of a tertiary care institute in North India.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Singh, Ramandeep Arora, Atul Tigari, Basavaraj Singh, Simar Rajan Dogra, Mohit Katoch, Deeksha Bansal, Reema Gupta, Vishali |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | Purpose:The COVID-19 pandemic has brought medical and surgical training to a standstill across the medical sub-specialties. Closure of outpatient services and postponement of elective surgical procedures have dried up opportunities for training vitreoretinal trainees across the country. This “loss” has adversely impacted trainees’ morale and mental health, leading to feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. Therefore, there is an urgent need to redraw the surgical training program. We aimed to describe a systematic stepwise approach to vitreoretinal surgical training.Methods:We introduced a three-pronged approach to vitreoretinal surgical training comprising learn from home, wet lab and simulator training, and hands-on transfer of surgical skills in the operating room in our institute.Results:Encouraging results were obtained as evaluated by feedback from the trainees about the usefulness of this three-pronged approach in developing surgical skills and building their confidence.Conclusion:The disruption caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic should be used as an opportunity to evolve and reformulate surgical training programs to produce competent vitreoretinal surgeons of the future. |
| ISSN | 03014738 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Volume Number | 70 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9333018 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| PubMed reference number | 35502073 |
| e-ISSN | 19983689 |
| DOI | 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2238_21 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer - Medknow |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-01 |
| Publisher Place | India |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Subject Keyword | Resident training simulator training vitreoretinal surgery wet lab training |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Ophthalmology |
