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Original research letter
Impact of COVID-19 on training: a single-centre survey of trainees
  1. Thomas Whitby1,
  2. Gavin Cleary2,
  3. Clare P Halfhide3
  1. 1General Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Respiratory Unit, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Thomas Whitby; thomas.whitby{at}alderhey.nhs.uk

Abstract

To review the impact of COVID-19 on postgraduate paediatric training, a 10-question online survey was designed to evaluate trainees’ training opportunities. 56 trainees working at a single centre, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, completed the survey. The majority of trainees felt that COVID-19 had affected their training. Trainees wanted to become involved in Quality Improvement Programs. Face-to-face teaching was still favourable but web-based teaching methods were preferred. Novel online, Worked Based Assessment clinics were well received. COVID-19 has affected traditional learning opportunities but offered a new positive range of digital solutions to give and store educational material.

  • health services research
  • qualitative research
  • statistics
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000757

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors TW and CPH contributed to the planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. GC contributed to the editing of the manuscript. TW is responsible for the overall content as guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.