Adapting Orthopaedic Surgery Training Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Directions.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, altering the structure and existence of graduate medical education programs across all disciplines. Orthopaedic residency programs can adapt during these unprecedented times to continue providing meaningful education to trainees and to continue providing high-quality patient care, all while keeping both residents and patients safe from disease. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the literature and describe evidence-based changes that can be made in an orthopaedic residency program to ensure patient and resident safety while sustaining the principles of graduate medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe measures that can be enacted now or during future pandemics, including workforce and occupational modifications, perso

SUBMITTER: Zhang AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature