A Continental Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Africa

Autor: Muhammad Raji Mahmud, Nasser M F El-Ghandour, Samuila Sanoussi, Jebet Beverly Cheserem, Kazadi K.N. Kalangu, Ignatius N. Esene, Aaron Musara, Graham Fieggen, Mahmood Qureshi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
HCWs
Health care workers
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Neurosurgery
CAANS
Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies
WFNS
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
Training (civil)
Education
Education
Distance
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Emergency surgery
COSECSA
College of Surgeons of East
Central
and Southern Africa
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
Ambulatory Care
Medicine
Humans
Salary
PPE
Personal protective equipment
Elective surgery
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Internship and Residency
Surgical training
Trainees
Cross-Sectional Studies
Elective Surgical Procedures
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
Africa
Income
Surgery
Original Article
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Emergencies
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: World Neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
1878-8750
Popis: Background Containment measures for COVID-19 have affected surgical training globally. We sought to assess how neurosurgical training has been affected across Africa in April 2020. Methods A cross-sectional survey was distributed to African Neurosurgical trainees seeking to review demographics and effects of COVID on training. Results A total of 123 neurosurgery trainees responded from 23 African countries and a further 6 were abroad. A total of 91.80% were men, and 96.70% were training in public institutions. Only 41% had received training in COVID-19 with 61.79% worried that they would contract COVID-19 while performing their clinical duties. There was a marked reduction in clinical activities including a median reduction of elective surgery (−80%), clinics (−83%), and emergency surgery (−38.50%). A total of 23.58% of residents did not receive a formal salary, with 50% on less than $1000 USD gross per month. Conclusions This is the first continental survey of neurosurgery trainees in Africa. COVID-19 has significantly affected clinical and learning opportunities. There are concerns of the long-term effects on their training activities for an uncertain period of time during this pandemic. Although there has been a global increase in e-learning, there is need to evaluate if this is accessible to all trainees.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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