MEDICAL EDUCATION VERSUS EXPOSURE TO SARS COV-2: HOW IS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF DOCTOR RESIDENT COMPETENCE IN THE FIELD OF UROGYNECOLOGY?

Abstract

The spread of SARS CoV-2 impact on medical education. Patients with urogynecological cases are mostly elderly patients who are at risk of exposure to the virus. This paper aims to review resident education in urogynecology field during pandemic and how residents can achieve appropriate the competence. This study examines the views of several previous research articles and then compiled them in a narrative review. New recommendations such as services at health facilities, as well as scheduled visits or virtual services, have an impact on reducing the number of cases, limited contact with patients, virus exposure from practice locations, online learning and the involvement of resident doctors in handling SARS CoV-2 case for other units. Resident doctors need to achieve competence to become professionals in their fields. What needs to be realized is that direct practice with patients, conducting examinations, making diagnoses, and providing therapy with real cases cannot be replaced with online learning. Medical education for residents must ensure safety in obtaining education and practice in the hospital in order to fulfill the task of caring for patients, access to mental health in a pandemic, and simulation-based training. All of these interventions are designed to ensure that the competence of graduates achieved before or during COVID-19 is the same: doctors who are professional and competent in their fields.