The state of general surgery residents in Italy after COVID-19 outbreak: a nationwide cross-sectional study.
Burnout
Epidemics
General surgery
Occupational stress
Training
Unemployment
Journal
Updates in surgery
ISSN: 2038-3312
Titre abrégé: Updates Surg
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101539818
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
received:
24
02
2022
accepted:
25
08
2022
pubmed:
4
9
2022
medline:
14
1
2023
entrez:
3
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A significant reorganization of working activities including those of teaching hospitals occurred after COVID-19 outbreak, leading to the need to re-assess the current status of training after the pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the state of general surgery (GS) residency in Italy. The impact of COVID-19 on GS residents was also assessed. Between October and November 2020, an anonymous online survey was distributed to GS residents across Italy. Email addresses were provided by the Regional Committees of the Italian Polyspecialistic Society of Young Surgeons. The residents completed a set of questions regarding their training schedule and three standardized questionnaires to measure burnout and psychological distress. Overall, 1709 residents were contacted and 648 completed the survey. Almost two-thirds of the residents (68.4%, n = 443) reported to not reach the minimum annual operative case volume. According to ordinal logistic regression analysis, two of the most perceived effects of COVID-19 by trainees on training were reduction of surgical activities (OR = 2.21, p < 0.001) and increased concerns about future employment (OR = 1.14, p = 0.025). Loss of training opportunities was also associated with a significant increase of distress (OR = 1.26, p = 0.003) but not with burnout. This study provided a snapshot of the situation of GS residents in Italy after COVID-19 outbreak. Reduction of activities due to pandemic highlighted the need to improve the level of surgical education in our country by implementing all the new available tools for training and ensuring at the same time the well-being of the residents.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36057026
doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01370-x
pii: 10.1007/s13304-022-01370-x
pmc: PMC9440313
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2022. Italian Society of Surgery (SIC).
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