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. 2020 Jul 25;11(Suppl 5):S687–S695. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.07.018

Table 2.

Recommendations and possible solutions for PG teaching programme during COVID-19 pandemic.

S.No. Problems Recommendations and possible solutions
1. Decrease in OPD cases Use of Telehealth OPD services
2. Decrease in Surgery cases Use of Simulator techniques Waiver by MCI for the minimum number of procedures required by trainee
3. Decrease in Academic activities (Clinical case presentations, Journal clubs, Seminars, Inter departmental meets etc.)
  • a)

    Online collaboration with different institutes
  • b)

    Virtual classes

  • c)

    Card cases

  • d)

    Virtual Journal clubs and seminars

  • e)

    Increase in self-study

4. Examination issues
  • a)

    Video conferencing
  • b)

    Card cases

6. Dissertation issues
  • a)

    Relaxation in sample size
  • b)

    Non-surgical topics for new thesis

7. Conferences/Workshops/CME
  • a)

    Online conferences
  • b)

    State Medical Council accreditation to webinars as CME

  • c)

    Graphical poster presentation

  • d)

    Research paper presentation on virtual platform

8. Mental wellbeing Counselling