IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 9176: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Orthopedic Residents: A Pan-Romanian Survey

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 9176: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Orthopedic Residents: A Pan-Romanian Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159176 Authors: Flaviu Moldovan Adrian Gligor Liviu Moldovan Tiberiu Bataga The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges, with a potential stress which might affect the education of resident doctors in the field of orthopedics and traumatology. Its repercussion on the residents’ strain and training routes is not well known. After two years of pandemic, this paper aims to analyze the repercussion of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on education, medical training, and the mental well-being of Romanian resident doctors in orthopedics and traumatology. In January–February 2022, an electronic questionnaire was distributed to all orthopedic resident doctors in the 12 residential training centers in Romania. Participants (n = 236) were resident doctors with an employment contract and professional activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resident doctors who did not work during this period were excluded. An online survey generator was used to electronically create the questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed in Matlab version R2022a, with the support of Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox Version 12.3. Descriptive statistics were performed for the standardized questions, while for the open questions, answers wer...
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