Pandemics and Their Impact on Medical Training: Lessons From Singapore
Pandemics and Their Impact on Medical Training: Lessons From Singapore
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DOI：
10.1097/acm.0000000000003441
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Wang, Wilson
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作者：
Liang, Zhen Chang;Ooi, Shirley Beng Suat;Wang, Wilson
持续的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）危机严重打击了新加坡。截至2020年2月25日，新加坡的COVID-19确诊感染人数在中国以外排名第四，仅次于韩国、意大利和日本。这对新加坡的卫生保健系统产生了反响，因此也影响了从本科到研究生的医学教育。虽然目前正在努力遏制疾病的传播和传播，但作者认为，这是一个适当的时机，可以检查和反思COVID-19等医疗危机对医疗培训和教育的影响，并评估“业务连续性计划”，以确保即使在面临大流行病爆发的持续中断时也能提供高质量的医疗教育。医疗培训与病人护理和服务一样重要。作者相信，即使在这样艰难的时期，也可以寻找和教授丰富而宝贵的经验教训，这将极大地造福于医学生和住院医师-明天的卫生保健领导者。在这一视角中，作者讨论了COVID-19危机影响新加坡医疗教学的各种方式，并借鉴他们之前在2003年严重急性呼吸系统综合征爆发以及目前正在进行的COVID-19危机中的经验，探索在这些艰难时期保持医疗培训连续性的相关实用和创造性解决方案。
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has hit Singapore hard. As of February 25, 2020, Singapore had the fourth highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections outside of China, only trailing behind South Korea, Italy, and Japan. This has had reverberating effects on Singapore's health care system, and has, consequently, also affected medical education all the way from the undergraduate to the postgraduate level. While efforts are underway to contain disease spread and transmission, the authors believe that this is an opportune time to examine and reflect on the impact that medical crises like COVID-19 can have on medical training and education and to evaluate "business continuity plans" to ensure quality medical education even in the face of constant disruptions from pandemic outbreaks. Medical training is as important a mandate as patient care and service. The authors believe that even in trying times like this, rich and precious lessons can be sought and taught, which will immensely benefit medical students and residents-the health care leaders of tomorrow. In this Perspective, the authors discuss the various ways in which the COVID-19 crisis has affected medical instruction in Singapore and explore pertinent practical and creative solutions for the continuity of medical training in these trying times, drawing on their previous experience with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003 as well as the current ongoing COVID-19 crisis.