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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the education and wellbeing of medical trainees. In supporting learning during these times, residency programs have adopted flexible scheduling, focused on frequent and transparent communication, incorporated different strategies to build community and promote psychological wellbeing, and advanced virtual teaching modalities. We are hopeful that these interventions will be long lasting. This pandemic will undoubtedly be a defining moment in our careers and our lives.
We not only learned to be better physicians; the experience has made us better human beings. We shared the same fears and worries of our patients and their families and became more compassionate; we grew more patient, flexible and understanding. We were taught important lessons in courage and teamwork.
From this experience, we have learned not to fear the unknown, but to grow from the process and rebuild stronger.
The aim of this article is to share strategies that have helped us to move forward in the aftermath of the first phases of the pandemic, whilst we prepare for the uncertainty of the future.
We hope that the lessons we have learned can help inform other programs as they react and adapt to the global after-effects of this crisis.
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- Prioritize Residents' Wellbeing
- Incorporate Leadership Training into the Curriculum
- Establish Frequent and Active Communication
- Continue to Build Community – Even Virtually
- Embrace Technology
- Every Day, Small Gestures Can Have a Large Impact
read the entire paper at https://www.dovepress.com/rebuilding-graduate-medical-education-after-a-crisis-perspectives-of-m-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEP
Building communities and online learning/discussion groups was an important information therapy concept. Whether its using expensive tools like private social network platforms or free options like WhatsApp and Telegram groups, its important to create, use and improve on this front.
Technology as a medium to teach and learn was and is being used by schools all over the world for the past 15-16 months and there has been so much learning for everyone here. Healthcare must not shy away.