The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Graduate Medical Education

Lessons Learned and Pathways Forward

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ID21615540
AuthorsRebecca Blankenburg (0000-0002-1938-6113, is president, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, and associate chair of education and clinical professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California., corresponding author), Javier Gonzalez del Rey (is past president, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, and associate chair for education and professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.), Megan Aylor (0009-0006-5682-2363, is secretary-treasurer, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, director, Pediatrics Residency Program, and associate professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.), John G Frohna (is a past member-at-large, Association of Pediatric Program Directors Board, vice chair of education and director, Pediatrics Residency Program, and professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.), Heather McPhillips (0000-0002-7126-3380, is a member-at-large, Association of Pediatric Program Directors Board, director, Pediatrics Residency Program, and professor, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.), Ross E Myers (is a member-at-large, Association of Pediatric Program Directors Board, associate director, Pediatrics Residency Program, and associate professor, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.), Ross Myers (0000-0002-9494-3653, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)), Linda A Waggoner-Fountain (0000-0003-2884-622X, is a member-at-large, Association of Pediatric Program Directors Board, associate director, Pediatrics Residency Program, and professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia.), Laura Degnon (Association of Pediatric Program Directors), Patricia Poitevien (0000-0002-0679-4994, is president-elect, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, director, Residency Program, and assistant professor, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.)
Year2022
Volume97
Issue3S
PagesS35-S39
Publication date2022-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAcademic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1040-2446 • E-ISSN: 1938-808X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/acm.0000000000004532
PMID34817400
OpenAlexW3215247877
LanguageEN
References cited18

In this article, the authors describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric graduate medical education (GME), including the impact on clinical experiences for trainees, teaching methods used, trainee wellness, GME leader wellness and support, and the traditional interview process. A thorough literature review was done to identify impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric GME. In addition, information was collected through Association of Pediatric Program Directors virtual cafes and conferences. Positive changes for GME from the COVID-19 pandemic included: the rapid transition to telehealth; asynchronous learning allowing for increased cross-program collaboration; innovative online teaching modalities; increased flexibility and decreased cost of online recruitment; and shared innovations across pediatric GME. Challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic included: decreased learning about common childhood illnesses, such as bronchiolitis, acute otitis media, and influenza; decreased patient volumes and patient complexity in clinics and inpatient wards, leading to less practice developing efficiency, time management, and triaging skills; and an increased burden on trainees, including moral distress and decreased support from one another and other social supports. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted important opportunities in U.S. educational systems. As medical educators move forward, it will be important to learn from these while mitigating the negative impacts

Graduate medical education · Health care · Medical education · Modalities · Pandemic · Political science · Telehealth · Telemedicine · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology

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