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Alina Tsyrulnik1, Michael Gottlieb2, Ryan F Coughlin1
1Yale School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut USA.
AEM Education and Training
|July 5, 2021
Summary
Emergency medicine (EM) residents and faculty adapted to virtual didactics during the COVID-19 pandemic. While acknowledging benefits like increased wellness, they missed social interactions and preferred less than 20% of future didactics to be virtual.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Emergency Medicine
- Digital Health
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift from in-person to virtual synchronous didactics in emergency medicine (EM) residency programs.
- This transition aimed to adhere to social distancing guidelines while maintaining educational continuity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the perceptions of EM residents and faculty regarding the shift to virtual didactics.
- To identify the benefits and drawbacks of virtual learning formats in EM education.
Main Methods:
- A multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted across five EM residencies.
- A mixed-methods approach, including Likert scale surveys and qualitative analysis of open-ended responses, was employed.
- Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Welch's t-test, and chi-square tests.
Main Results:
- Response rates were 64% for residents (n=141) and 48% for faculty (n=108).
- A majority of residents (54%) and faculty (51%) felt more likely to attend virtually.
- Both groups reported benefits such as decreased commute time and increased wellness, but missed social interactions (75-86%) and preferred <20% of future didactics to remain virtual.
Conclusions:
- Virtual didactics offer benefits like increased attendance and wellness but lack crucial social interaction.
- Residents and faculty prefer a blended approach with less than 20% of future didactics conducted virtually.
- Further research is recommended to compare knowledge acquisition and retention between virtual and in-person conference models.
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