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Challenges of clinical training of surgery and its care in the field of operating room nursing in the covid-19 pandemic
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Maryam Bastami *    , Amirmohammad Merajikhah , Mahdieh Soleimani |
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Educational centers have been closed after the outbreak of Covid-19 (1) and clinical training also requires attending health centers and learning practical skills at the bedside, and those who receive these trainings will be a workforce in hospitals in the future. will be present (2). Besides creating a challenge for the health system, the closure of academic centers has also affected medical education and treatment (2). In the field of surgical training, reducing the amount of clinical exposure and volume of treatment cases endangers the quality of surgical training (3). Due to the high speed of transmission of this disease, the presence of students as an active force in the hospital is prevented. The lack of test cases and personal protective equipment, the cancellation of unnecessary and elective surgeries are other problems facing medical students (2). Programs designing virtual learning alternatives to sustain their curricula will shape the future of surgical education (4). Despite the abundance of online educational resources, the lack of presence of students at the patient's bedside makes students unable to communicate and participate with the patient, which is one of the main skills for the treatment staff, as well as learn the skills of physical examination and clinical evaluation (2). Also, the closure of many surgical conferences has a negative impact on the development and training of new surgical methods in the operating room (5). On the other hand, slowing down or stopping research projects by students due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus and the absence of students in universities and academic environments are other educational challenges (5). Not being present at the bedside increases stress and anxiety in students because they are not sure about their learning and performance, and other consequences of Corona in social life intensify this stress (6). In relation to the challenges of clinical education in the field of operating room nursing, it is possible to increase the stress level of students, the lack of various surgical cases, the possibility of transmission of covid-19 to students' families, being far from surgical fields, the population density of students in short periods of time. He pointed out the cancellation of a large number of surgeries and the lack of observation of all surgeries during his training period, the lack of personal protective equipment and the gathering of students in dormitories and limited clinical training rooms. It is suggested that as little as possible, the number of students is used in clinical training and the use of surgical simulators is added to the training of this field. Also, by fully vaccinating students and providing personal protective equipment, they should be present in clinical environments. In addition, the level of knowledge and awareness of students should be increased so that they can prevent the infection of Covid-19 in addition to education. |
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| Keywords: Covid-19, challenge, operating room, nursing, clinical trial |
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Type of Study: Applied research |
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Received: 2022/11/26 | Accepted: 2023/01/14 | Published: 2022/03/21
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