The Orthopedic Residency Program at Hamad Medical Corporation During COVID-19 Crisis: an Evolving Educational Strategy

Motasem Salameh; Abduljabbar Alhammoud; Mohammad Al Ateeq Al Dosari; Ghalib Ahmed AlHaneedi

doi:10.1007/s40670-020-01112-x

The Orthopedic Residency Program at Hamad Medical Corporation During COVID-19 Crisis: an Evolving Educational Strategy

Med Sci Educ. 2020 Oct 14;30(4):1645-1648. doi: 10.1007/s40670-020-01112-x. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Motasem Salameh¹, Abduljabbar Alhammoud¹, Mohammad Al Ateeq Al Dosari¹, Ghalib Ahmed AlHaneedi^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Orthopedic Residency Training Program, Weil Cornell Medical College, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar.
³ Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the strategies of most of the teaching hospitals worldwide, affecting the educational process in residency programs. The System Wide Incident Command Committee in the state of Qatar has set the country's medical response to the crisis. In line with command committee directives, the orthopedic surgery residency program planned an educational strategy keeping the trainees' wellbeing and education a priority and taking advantage of the pandemic as a tool of personal and professional growth.

Keywords: COVID-19; Education; Orthopedic; Residency.

Publication types

Editorial