SynthesisIn vivo (Athens, Greece)2020
Medical and Surgical Education Challenges and Innovations in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review.
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309 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Multidisciplinary Oncology Education Among Postgraduate Trainees: Systematic Review.JMIR medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying Research Priorities in Digital Education for Health Care: Umbrella Review and Modified Delphi Method Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Medical education during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: an umbrella review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human resources for health · 2023Pooled it
- Adaptations in clinical examinations of medical students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 pandemic effects on health worker's mental health: Systematic review and meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Pooled it
- Application of digital education in undergraduate nursing and medical interns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Nurse education today · 2022Pooled it
- What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residency training: a systematic review and analysis.BMC medical education · 2021Pooled it
- Validation of a novel, low-fidelity virtual reality simulator and an artificial intelligence assessment approach for peg transfer laparoscopic training.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Tele-mentoring - a way to expand laparoscopic simulator training for medical students over large distances: a prospective randomized pilot study.BMC medical education · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of a blended learning intervention in cardiac physiotherapy. A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) Screencasts: a Randomized Controlled Trial of Asynchronous Learning on an Inpatient Hematology-Oncology Teaching Service.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Trial
- What's up with WhatsApp in supplementing surgical education: an objective assessment.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2022Trial
- Virtual Horizons in Medicine: The Role of the Metaverse in Transforming Medical Education-A Qualitative Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Postgraduate Psychiatric Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- e-Learning, Distance Education, and Virtual and Augmented Reality in Orthopedic Training: European Cross-Sectional Survey of Trainee Acceptance Guided by the Technology Acceptance Model and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Single-Center Pilot Evaluation of Virtual Vascular Surgery Rotation in Retention of Knowledge and Skills.Cureus · 2026Article
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical volume and residency training program in pediatric otolaryngology.BMC medical education · 2026Article
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- Metaverse enabled virtual reality and simulation training for medical education review.iScience · 2026Review
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Abstract
The aim of this systematic review was to identify the challenges imposed on medical and surgical education by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the proposed innovations enabling the continuation of medical student and resident training. A systematic review on the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases was performed on April 18th, 2020, and yielded 1288 articles. Sixty-one of the included manuscripts were synthesized in a qualitative description focused on two major axes, "challenges" and "innovative solutions", and two minor axes, "mental health" and "medical students in the frontlines". Shortage of personal protective equipment, suspension of clinical clerkships and observerships and reduction in elective surgical cases unavoidably affect medical and surgical education. Interesting solutions involving the use of virtual learning, videoconferencing, social media and telemedicine could effectively tackle the sudden cease in medical education. Furthermore, trainee's mental health should be safeguarded, and medical students can be involved in the COVID-19 clinical treatment if needed.
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