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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2022

Challenges in the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Fellowship Program Since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Electronic Survey on Potential Solutions.

Mohamed R El Tahan, Kirstin Wilkinson, Jonathan Huber, Jan-Uwe Schreiber, Anna-Flo Forner, Paul Diprose, Fabio Guarracino, Gabor Erdoes

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Mohamed R El TahanDepartment of Anesthesia, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Kirstin WilkinsonShackleton Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Jonathan HuberShackleton Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Jan-Uwe SchreiberDepartment of Anaesthesia, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Anna-Flo FornerDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Paul DiproseShackleton Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Fabio GuarracinoDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
Gabor ErdoesDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: gabor.erdoes@insel.ch.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GBAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SALeipzig Heart Institute · DEMaastricht University · NLUniversity of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe authors explored the current practice of fellowship training in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia and surveyed the acceptability of potential solutions to mitigate the interrupted fellowship training during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

designA prospective electronic questionnaire-based survey.

settingThe survey was initiated by the Education Committee of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC).

participantsThe study comprised EACTAIC fellows, EACTAIC, and non-EACTAIC subscribers to the EACTAIC newsletter and EACTAIC followers on different social media platforms.

interventionsAfter obtaining the consent of participants, the authors assessed the perioperative management of COVID-19 patients, infrastructural aspects of the workplace, local routines for preoperative testing, the perceived availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the impact of COVID-19 on fellowship training. In addition, participants rated suggested solutions by the investigators to cope with the interruption of fellowship training, using a traffic light signal scale. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsThe authors collected 193 responses from 54 countries. Of the respondents, 82.4% reported cancelling or postponing elective cases during the first wave, 89.7% had provided care for COVID-19 patients, 75.1% reported staff in their center being reassigned to work in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 45% perceived a shortage of PPE at their centers. Most respondents reported the termination of local educational activities (79.6%) and fellowship assessments (51.5%) because of the pandemic (although 84% of them reported having time to participate in online teaching), and 83% reported a definitive psychological impact. More than 90% of the respondents chose green and/or yellow traffic lights to rate the importance of the suggested solutions to cope with the interrupted fellowship training during the pandemic.

conclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of elective cases, the deployment of anesthesiologists to ICUs, the involvement of anesthesiologists in perioperative care for COVID-19 patients, and the interruption of educational activities and trainees' assessments. There is some consensus on the suggested solutions for mitigation of the interruption in fellowship training.

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AnesthesiaAnesthesiologyCOVID-19ElectronicsFellowships and ScholarshipsHumansPandemicsProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Surveys and Questionnairescardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesiaCOVID-19Fellowshipsurvey

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PMCPMC8352660
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