ArticleBMC medical education2023
Rapid cycle training for non-critical care physicians to meet intensive care unit staff shortage at an academic training center in a developing country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Interventions to Enhance COVID-19 Pandemic Health Literacy in Health Professionals: Systematic Review.JMIR medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of a Competency-based Mechanical Ventilation Course Using Virtual Simulation.ATS scholar · 2025Article
- The impact of the massive open online course C19_SPACE during the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical knowledge enhancement: a study among medical doctors and nurses.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
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backgroundThe sudden unexpected increase in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs), resulted in an urgent need for expanding the physician workforce. A COVID-19 critical care crash (5C) course was implemented to introduce physicians without formal critical care training to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients. Upon successful completion of the course, physicians were recruited to work in a COVID-19 ICU under the supervision of a board-certified critical care physician. The aim of this study is to describe the methods of a novel course designed specifically to teach the management critically ill COVID-19 patients, while assessing change in knowledge, skill competency, and self-reported confidence.
methodsThe blended focused 5C course is composed of both virtual and practical components. Candidates may register for the practical component only after successful completion of the virtual component. We assessed knowledge acquisition using a multiple-choice question test (pre- and post-test assessment), skill competency, and self-reported confidence levels during simulated patient settings. Paired T-test was used to compare before and after course results.
resultsSixty-five physicians/trainees from different specialties were included in the analysis. Knowledge significantly increased from 14.92± 3.20 (out of 20 multiple-choice questions) to 18.81± 1.40 (p< 0.01), skill competence during practical stations had a mean minimum of 2 (out of 3), and self-reported confidence during a simulated patient setting increased significantly from 4.98± 1.15 (out of 10) to 8.76± 1.10 (out of 10) (p< 0.01).
conclusionWe describe our initiative in increasing the ICU physician workforce in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The blended 5C course is a valuable educational program designed by experts from different backgrounds. Future research should be directed at examining outcomes of patients associated with graduates of such program.
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