Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions
Introduction The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic forced a change in the functioning of health care systems across the globe, requiring rapid adaptation to new conditions for the safe provision of services within all medical fields. General disruption has also affected the traditional program o...
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Introduction
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic forced a change in the functioning of health care systems across the globe, requiring rapid adaptation to new conditions for the safe provision of services within all medical fields. General disruption has also affected the traditional program of a postgraduate training, which has been so far fixed with temporary solutions, but not given a proper evaluation in the times of big expectations and pressures from both patients and healthcare workers.
Objectives
Outbreak of the COVID-19 put psychiatry trainees and Early Career Psychiatrists in an unprecedented position of responsibility for treatment of a variety of comorbidities they had no prior experience with due to closure of specialized hospital departments and limited access to regular diagnostic tools. In addition to changes in clinical practice and deployment to unfamiliar ground, rescheduling of different components of regular training, transferring most of the educational activities to distance learning, limiting professional growth by canceling most courses and conferences only strengthened the feeling of uncertainty caused by constant adjustments of the final examinations’ conditions.
Methods
The Speciality Training Section of the Polish Psychiatric Association decided to review changes forced by the COVID-19 outbreak in a traditional postgraduate training program in psychiatry.
Results
Identified shortcomings pose questions about the necessity of a solid revision of the training in order to cope with more demanding working conditions.
Conclusions
Presented recommendations may be the starting point for a discussion on the programs’ evaluation across the entire region.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-36a6df7e3ed5496786aa06c5de15e9702023-11-17T05:08:00ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S833S83310.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2200Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutionsA. Szczegielniak0T. Gondek1A. Rewekant2Department Of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, PolandEarly Career Psychiatrists Committee, European Psychiatric Association, Wroclaw, PolandGeneral Psychiatry Unit I, Greater Poland Neuropsychiatric Center, Kościan, Poland Introduction The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic forced a change in the functioning of health care systems across the globe, requiring rapid adaptation to new conditions for the safe provision of services within all medical fields. General disruption has also affected the traditional program of a postgraduate training, which has been so far fixed with temporary solutions, but not given a proper evaluation in the times of big expectations and pressures from both patients and healthcare workers. Objectives Outbreak of the COVID-19 put psychiatry trainees and Early Career Psychiatrists in an unprecedented position of responsibility for treatment of a variety of comorbidities they had no prior experience with due to closure of specialized hospital departments and limited access to regular diagnostic tools. In addition to changes in clinical practice and deployment to unfamiliar ground, rescheduling of different components of regular training, transferring most of the educational activities to distance learning, limiting professional growth by canceling most courses and conferences only strengthened the feeling of uncertainty caused by constant adjustments of the final examinations’ conditions. Methods The Speciality Training Section of the Polish Psychiatric Association decided to review changes forced by the COVID-19 outbreak in a traditional postgraduate training program in psychiatry. Results Identified shortcomings pose questions about the necessity of a solid revision of the training in order to cope with more demanding working conditions. Conclusions Presented recommendations may be the starting point for a discussion on the programs’ evaluation across the entire region. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821022008/type/journal_articlePostgraduate trainingCOVID-19Medical Education |
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| title | Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions |
| title_full | Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions |
| title_fullStr | Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions |
| title_short | Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions |
| title_sort | should we despecialize the training postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the covid 19 outbreak in poland challenges solutions |
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