Luca Cuffaro1, Vanessa Carvalho2, Giovanni Di Liberto3, Lisa Klinglehoefer4, Anna Sauerbier5,6, David Garcia-Azorin7, Miguel Tábuas-Pereira8, Nina Vashchenko9, Elena Moro10, Claudio L A Bassetti11. 1. Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and advanced Diagnostics, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. 2. Department of Neurology, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal. 3. Service of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital of Lausanne and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. 4. Department of Neurology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 5. King's College London, Department of Basic & Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. 6. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 7. Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. 8. Department of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. 9. University Hospital of Neurological Disorders, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation. 10. Division of Neurology, CHU of Grenoble, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Grenoble, France. 11. Department of Neurology, University of Bern, Inselspital Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) outbreak has disrupted residency programs due to the university and hospital's priorities to face this emergency at all expenses. Most research projects and clinical trials were temporarily stopped or postponed. The Resident and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) has decided to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurology training. METHODS: All EAN RRFS members were invited to fill out an online questionnaire of 40 items concerning their clinical involvement during the COVID-19 emergency, and the impact of the pandemic on their training. RESULTS: Of the 227 RRFS members who completed the questionnaire, 222 were from Europe, and from those 111 were from Portugal, Italy or France. Responders highlighted that severe restrictions have been amended to face this pandemic, including reduction of inpatient beds, prohibition of in-person visits and limitation to hospitals access for patients' relatives. This was accompanied by an increase in email correspondence and phone calls with 50 % of countries allowing telemedicine to reach outpatients. Seventy-nine percent of the respondents felt that the pandemic will likely have a serious impact on their training and career. CONCLUSION: The pandemic lead to a disruption of neurology activities, including medical training and research. The long-run impact of these changes remains unknown, but it will likely change the way neurology practice and training will be organized for future generations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) outbreak has disrupted residency programs due to the university and hospital's priorities to face this emergency at all expenses. Most research projects and clinical trials were temporarily stopped or postponed. The Resident and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) has decided to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurology training. METHODS: All EAN RRFS members were invited to fill out an online questionnaire of 40 items concerning their clinical involvement during the COVID-19 emergency, and the impact of the pandemic on their training. RESULTS: Of the 227 RRFS members who completed the questionnaire, 222 were from Europe, and from those 111 were from Portugal, Italy or France. Responders highlighted that severe restrictions have been amended to face this pandemic, including reduction of inpatient beds, prohibition of in-person visits and limitation to hospitals access for patients' relatives. This was accompanied by an increase in email correspondence and phone calls with 50 % of countries allowing telemedicine to reach outpatients. Seventy-nine percent of the respondents felt that the pandemic will likely have a serious impact on their training and career. CONCLUSION: The pandemic lead to a disruption of neurology activities, including medical training and research. The long-run impact of these changes remains unknown, but it will likely change the way neurology practice and training will be organized for future generations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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COVID-19; Neurology; SARS-CoV-2; health systems; medical education
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