Pediatric Training Crisis of Emergency Medicine Residency during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID15716329
AuthorsYan-Bo Huang (Chang Gung University), Yu‐Ru Lin (0000-0002-8497-3015, Chang Gung University), Yu-Ru Lin (Chang Gung University), Shang-Kai Hung (Chang Gung University), Yu‐che Chang (0000-0001-5735-8490, Chang Gung University), Yu-Che Chang (Chang Gung University), Chip‐Jin Ng (0000-0003-0363-2938, Chang Gung University), Shou-Yen Chen (0000-0002-3039-9644, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue1
Pages32-32
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children9010032
PMID35053657
OpenAlexW4205218076
LanguageEN
References cited40

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging viral disease that has caused a global pandemic. Among emergency department (ED) patients, pediatric patient volume mostly and continuously decreased during the pandemic period. Decreased pediatric patient volume in a prolonged period could results in inadequate pediatric training of Emergency Medicine (EM) residents. We collected data regarding pediatric patients who were first seen by EM resident physicians between 1 February 2019, and 31 January 2021, which was divided into pre-epidemic and epidemic periods by 1 February 2020. A significant reduction in pediatric patients per hour (PPH) of EM residents was noted in the epidemic period (from 1.55 to 0.81, p p p p = 0.007), otolaryngology (from 4.00 to 2.00, p = 0.022). Among the diagnoses of infectious disease, the most obvious drop was noted in the diagnosis of influenza and enterovirus infection. Reduced pediatric patient volume affected clinical exposure to pediatric EM training of EM residency. Changes in the proportion of pediatric diseases presented in the ED may induce inadequate experience with common and specific pediatric diseases

Adolescent medicine · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Emergency department · Emergency physician · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Pediatric emergency medicine · Pediatric Infectious Disease · Pneumonia · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Ultrasound in Clinical Applications · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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