Objective: It has raised drastic changes in the routine flowthrough of daily life since the beginning of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. One of these is also the education and training of life from the cradle to the grave. We aimed to investigate the pandemic's impact on the dermatology residents' knowledge, skill, and experience levels in this study. Material and Methods: This descriptive research was conducted on dermatology residents from Turkey. The demographic characteristics, the residency duration, teledermatology use, number of outpatients, bedside visits, diagnostic diversity among inpatients, and bed occupancy rates were recorded. Before and after the pandemic in various dermatology-related issues, self-assessment levels of competence were also questioned with the visual analogue scale. Results: A total of 88 residents, 57 (64.8%) women, were included in the study. Sixty nine (78.4%) residents have worked in a pandemic hospital, 81 (92.0%) of the participants thought the pandemic had a negative effect on residency training. Issues such as the decrease in occupancy rates of dermatology service and diagnostic diversity of the inpatients, interrupted physicians' bedside visits, markedly reduced training time, and the inability to conduct theoretical exams reinforced this negative perception (p=0.005, p=0.023, p=0.003, p=0.011, p<0.001; respectively). There was a significant decrease compared to the expected level in the issues such as biological agent therapy, phototherapy, and dermato-surgery and dermatoscopy, although it varied according to the residency duration (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our study revealed that the pandemic affects the dermatology residents more negatively in terms of practical skills and experiences rather than theoretical knowledge level.
Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; dermatology; residency; education
Amaç: Koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 pandemisi, ilk günden itibaren günlük yaşamın rutin akışında ciddi değişikliklere neden oldu. Bunlardan biri de beşikten mezara kadar olan eğitim ve öğretim hayatıdır. Bu çalışmada, pandeminin dermatoloji asistanlarının bilgi, beceri ve deneyim düzeylerine etkisini araştırmayı amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu tanımlayıcı araştırma, Türkiye'deki dermatoloji asistanları üzerinde yapıldı. Demografik özellikler, asistanlık süresi, teledermatoloji kullanımı, ayaktan hasta sayısı, yatak başı vizitleri, yatan hastalar arasındaki tanı çeşitliliği ve yatak doluluk oranları kaydedildi. Pandemi öncesi ve sonrası çeşitli dermatolojik konularda yeterlilik düzeylerin kişisel değerlendirmeleri vizüel analog skala ile sorgulandı. Bulgular: Araştırmaya 57'si (%64,8) kadın olmak üzere toplam 88 asistan dâhil edildi. Altmış dokuz (%78,4) asistan bir pandemi hastanesinde çalışıyordu. Katılımcıların 81'i (%92,0) pandeminin uzmanlık eğitimini olumsuz etkilediğini düşündü. Dermatoloji servisinin doluluk oranlarının düşmesi ve yatan hastaların tanısal çeşitliliği, doktorların yatak başı vizitlerinin kesintiye uğraması, eğitim süresinin belirgin şekilde azalması, teorik sınavların yapılamaması bu olumsuz algıyı pekiştirdi (p=0,005, p=0,023, p=0,003, p=0,011, p<0,001). Biyolojik ajan tedavisi, fototerapi, dermato-cerrahi ve dermatoskopi gibi konularda asistanlık süresine göre değişmekle birlikte beklenen düzeye kıyasla anlamlı azalma vardı (p<0,05). Sonuç: Çalışmamız, pandeminin dermatoloji asistanlarını teorik bilgi düzeyinden ziyade pratik beceri ve deneyimler açısından daha olumsuz etkilediğini ortaya koydu.
Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19; pandemi; dermatoloji; asistanlık; eğitim
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