Table 3.
Changes in Resident Educational Sessions in Response to COVID Pandemic
| Question | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Which of the following formats are being used for grand rounds? | |
| Teleconferencing | 57 (100) |
| In person | 1 (2) |
| Completely cancelled | 9 (16) |
| Other | |
| Which of the following formats are being used for M&M sessions? | |
| Teleconferencing | 50 (88) |
| In person | 2 (4) |
| Completely cancelled | 7 (12) |
| Other | 0 (0) |
| Which of the following formats are being used to deliver didactic lectures? | |
| Live-streamed faculty-led lectures | 52 (91) |
| Live-streamed resident-led lectures | 37 (65) |
| Recorded lectures | 19 (33) |
| Lectures from other institutions | 27 (47) |
| Grand rounds from other institutions | 22 (39) |
| Other | 6 (11) |
| How are didactic sessions selected? | |
| Speaker-selected | 15 (26) |
| Program director-selected | 37 (65) |
| Resident suggestion | 35 (61) |
| Previously formalized curriculum | 25 (44) |
| Other | 1 (2) |
| Change in number of didactic sessions since onset of COVID | |
| Increased | 22 (39) |
| Decreased | 17 (30) |
| No change | 18 (32) |
| Which of the following outside resources are being included into the curriculum? | |
| CNS Online Complimentary Education | 42 (74) |
| SANS Residency Program | 15 (26) |
| AANS/NREF Resident Education Courses | 10 (18) |
| ThiemeMedOne Neurosurgery | 8 (14) |
| Board preparation question banks | 14 (25) |
| Smartphone/mobile educational applications | 4 (7) |
| Other | 3 (5) |
| How many hours per week are residents engaged in didactic lectures? | |
| 0 hours | 0 (0) |
| 1–2 hours | 6 (11) |
| 3–6 hours | 32 (56) |
| 7–10 hours | 12 (21) |
| >10 hours | 1 (2) |
| Tools used to assess resident participation in online education sessions | |
| Mock oral boards | 14 (25) |
| Online quizzes | 9 (16) |
| Virtual polling | 12 (21) |
| Interactive questions during lectures | 33 (58) |
| Other | 4 (7) |
| Participants in online educational sessions other than neurosurgical residents | |
| Advanced practice providers | 33 (58) |
| Medical students | 29 (51) |
| Residents | 8 (14) |
| All members of institution | 9 (16) |
| Neurosurgery residents only | 13 (23) |
| Other | 7 (12) |
M&M, morbidity and mortality; CNS, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; SANS, Self-Assessment in Neurosurgery; AANS, American Association of Neurological Surgeons; NREF, Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation.