Transformational Effect of COVID Pandemic on Postgraduate Programme in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in India—A Trainee Perspective

Background and purpose The purpose of the survey was to evaluate transformation in mode of teaching during the COVID pandemic on a postgraduate program in oral and maxillofacial surgery in India. Methods A standardised e-questionnaire was created on Google Forms™ and was shared using emails and What...

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Published inJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 265 - 270
Main Authors chugh, Ankita, Jain, Gaurav, Gaur, Shubham, Gigi, P. G., Kumar, Pravin, Singh, Surjit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.03.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-sectional studies
Curricula
Dentistry
Education
Graduate students
Maxillofacial surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Otorhinolaryngology
Pandemics
Plastic Surgery
Questionnaires
Seminars
Social distancing
Surgeons
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Summary:Background and purpose The purpose of the survey was to evaluate transformation in mode of teaching during the COVID pandemic on a postgraduate program in oral and maxillofacial surgery in India. Methods A standardised e-questionnaire was created on Google Forms™ and was shared using emails and WhatsApp™. A total of 103 postgraduate students of oral and maxillofacial surgery from different universities participated in this cross-sectional survey. The collected data were analysed using bivariate and multivariate analysis. Results A total of 95.1% of postgraduates in the survey believed that their overall regular speciality work was deprived during first 5 months of COVID. 90.3% participants accepted that webinar/online teaching program become more beneficial for their academics. But 78.1 % participants think that because of overburdening of these academic sessions, they have reduced the enthusiasm in attending them. Conclusion This survey highlighted the intense negative impacts of this pandemic on the postgraduate program from the eyes of the trainees themselves. This triggers us to hasten this process of medical education transformation in a way to cope with any such calamity with minimal consequences.
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ISSN:0972-8279
0974-942X
DOI:10.1007/s12663-021-01582-5