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Table 2 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the specialist training program and work situation for residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology (N=162)

From: Challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program: a mixed-methods Swedish survey in the COPE Staff cohort study

  

N=162

%

Will your residency be extended?

Yes

11

7

No

120

74

Do not know/want to answer

31

19

Effect on specialist training programa

OB-GYN clinical rotations were cancelled/postponed

33

20

Non-OB-GYN clinical rotations were cancelled/postponed

32

20

Mandatory OB-GYN courses were cancelled/postponed

62

38

Mandatory non-OB-GYN courses were cancelled/postponed

67

42

Planned clinical supervision was cancelled/postponed

34

21

Other educational activities were cancelled/postponed (journal clubs, team practices, meetings, interventions)

127

78

My education has not been affected by the pandemic

9

6

Effect on surgical training?

I have performed less surgeries than before the pandemic

113

70

No difference

38

24

I have performed more surgeries than before the pandemic

1

1

Do not know/Do not want to answer/No opinion

10

6

Worked from home?

Yes

142

88

No

20

12

Transferred to another healthcare institution, and if so, which department?

Yesa

Internal medicine

20

12

Infectious diseases

13

8

Anesthesia and intensive care medicine

11

7

Other (COVID-19 ward, laboratory services, emergency dept)

12

7

No

118

73

Performed clinical assignments normally performed by other professions (nurse, mid-wife or assistant nurse)?

Yes

20

12

No

139

86

No response

3

2

Worked at a COVID-19 ward?

Yes

49

30

No

113

70

Worked extra clinical hours?

Yes

111

69

No

44

27

Do not know/do not want to answer

7

4

Effect on research activity?

I have done less research than before the pandemic

10

25

No difference

19

48

I have done more research than before the pandemic

6

15

Do not know/Do not want to answer/No opinion

5

13

Support from the home healthcare institution to improve specialist training?a

Non-OB-GYN clinical rotations have been prioritized

82

51

OB-GYN clinical rotations have been prioritized

73

45

Surgical training has been prioritized

33

20

No changes

54

33

Other

17

11

Are you worried that the pandemic will have a negative effect on the quality of your specialist training?

Yes

112

69

No

38

24

Do not know/Do not want to answer/No opinion

12

7

Are you worried that your residency will be extended?

Yes

46

28

No

104

64

Do not know/Do not want to answer/No opinion

12

7

Have you, due to the pandemic, considered changing your profession?

No

137

85

Yes

23

14

Do not know/Do not want to answer/No opinion

2

1

  1. a Possible to select more than one option