Open AccessRedrawing vitreoretinal surgical training program in the COVID-19 era: Experiences of a tertiary care institute in North India
Author(s) -
Ramandeep Singh,
Atul Arora,
Basavaraj Tigari,
Simar Rajan Singh,
Mohit Dogra,
Deeksha Katoch,
Reema Bansal,
Vishali Gupta
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2238_21
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , feeling , pandemic , postponement , anxiety , medical education , surgical procedures , training (meteorology) , surgery , disease , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , physics , pathology , marketing , meteorology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , business
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought medical and surgical training to a standstill across the medical sub-specialties. Closure of outpatient services and postponement of elective surgical procedures have dried up opportunities for training vitreoretinal trainees across the country. This "loss" has adversely impacted trainees' morale and mental health, leading to feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. Therefore, there is an urgent need to redraw the surgical training program. We aimed to describe a systematic stepwise approach to vitreoretinal surgical training.