UME-to-GME PandEMonium in COVID-19: Large-Scale Implementation of a Virtual ACGME Milestone-Based Curriculum for Senior Medical Students Matched Into Emergency Medicine. J Grad Med Educ 2021 Dec;13(6):848-857
Date
01/25/2022Pubmed ID
35070098Pubmed Central ID
PMC8672831DOI
10.4300/JGME-D-21-00620.1Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85123674931 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic displaced newly matched emergency medicine "pre-interns" from in-person educational experiences at the end of medical school. This called for novel remote teaching modalities.
OBJECTIVE: This study assesses effectiveness of a multisite Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) sub-competency-based curricular implementation on Slack during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
METHODS: Emergency medicine residency programs were recruited via national organization listservs. Programs designated instructors to manage communications and teaching for the senior medical students who had matched to their programs (pre-interns) in spring/summer 2020. Pre- and post-surveys of trainees and instructors assessed perceived preparedness for residency, perceived effectiveness of common virtual educational modalities, and concern for the pandemic's effects on medical education utilizing a Likert scale of 1 (very unconcerned) to 5 (very concerned). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the t test.
RESULTS: Of 276 possible residency programs, 28 enrolled. Of 324 possible pre-interns, 297 (91.7%) completed pre-surveys in April/May and 249 (76.9%) completed post-surveys in June/July. The median weeks since performing a physical examination was 8 (IQR 7-12), since attending in-person didactics was 10 (IQR 8-15) and of rotation displacement was 4 (IQR 2-6). Perceived preparedness increased both overall and for 14 of 21 ACGME Milestone topics taught. Instructors reported higher mean concern (4.32, 95% CI 4.23-4.41) than pre-interns (2.88, 95% CI 2.74-3.02) regarding the pandemic's negative effects on medical education.
CONCLUSIONS: Pre-interns reported improvements in residency preparedness after participating in this ACGME sub-competency-based curriculum on Slack.
Author List
McLean ME, Cotarelo AA, Huls TA, Husain A, Hillman EA, Cygan LD, Archer LO, Beck-Esmay J, Burke SM, Carrick AI, Chen AS, Hyde RJ, Karalius VP, Lee E, Park JC, Pugliese AM, Wilbanks MD, Young A, Kulkarni MLAuthor
Morgan D. Wilbanks MD Assistant Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AccreditationClinical Competence
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate
Emergency Medicine
Humans
Internship and Residency
Pandemics
Students, Medical
United States