Table 1.
Survey results
| Respondent information | |
| Nephrology residents | N = 133 |
| Age | 27 ± 2 |
| Country of origin | |
| France | 125 (94.0) |
| Belgium | 8 (6.0) |
| Sex, male | 70 (53.6) |
| Validated residency semesters (6 mo) | 5 ± 2 |
| Practical training | |
| Assignment | |
| COVID-19 medicine department | 69 (51.9) |
| Non–COVID-19 medicine department | 105 (78.9) |
| COVID-19 intensive care unit | 68 (51.1) |
| Non–COVID-19 intensive care unit | 29 (21.8) |
| Other | 11 (8.3) |
| % of time spent in COVID-19 unit | 16.7 ± 28.9 |
| Teaching of invasive procedures impacted: | |
| Venous catheter placement | 23 (17.3) |
| Arterial catheter placement | 22 (16.5) |
| Kidney biopsy | 48 (36.1) |
| Salivary gland biopsy | 29 (21.8) |
| Pleural puncture | 26 (19.5) |
| Ascites puncture | 30 (22.6) |
| Lumbar puncture | 29 (21.8) |
| Better communication with: | |
| Medical teams | 48 (36.1) |
| Paramedical teams | 54 (40.6) |
| Other specialists | 55 (41.4) |
| Patients | 52 (39.1) |
| Patients’ families | 58 (43.6) |
| Better management of palliative support | 89 (66.9) |
| Responsibilities | |
| Much less | 5 (3.8) |
| Rather less | 3 (2.3) |
| Same | 79 (59.4) |
| Rather more | 37 (27.8) |
| Much more | 9 (6.8) |
| Less bedside teaching | 64 (48.1) |
| Theoretical training | |
| Local theoretical formation negatively impacted | 106 (79.7) |
| Regional or national theoretical formation negatively impacted | 101 (75.9) |
| Online resources sufficient for training | |
| Not at all | 43 (32.3) |
| A little | 73 (54.9) |
| A lot | 15 (11.3) |
| Extremely | 2 (1.5) |
| Missing face-to-face format | |
| Not at all | 8 (6.0) |
| A little | 39 (29.3) |
| A lot | 54 (40.6) |
| Extremely | 32 (24.1) |
| Aspects of teaching impacted by videoconference format | |
| Interactivity | 96 (72.1) |
| Exchanges with the teacher | 80 (60.1) |
| Dynamism | 79 (59.4) |
| Ability to focus | 95 (71.4) |
| Regular bibliographic research about COVID-19 | 31 (23.3) |
| Less nephrology | 74 (55.6) |
| Acquisitions of new knowledge (other than nephrology) | 88 (66.2) |
| Mental health | |
| Happiness at work | |
| Not at all | 11 (8.3) |
| A little | 55 (41.3) |
| A lot | 64 (48.1) |
| Extremely | 3 (2.3) |
| Estimated weekly work hours | 61.5 ± 8.8 |
| Words that best describe the past year | |
| Repetitive | 99 (74.4) |
| Boring | 43 (32.3) |
| Depressing | 36 (27.1) |
| Tiring | 69 (51.9) |
| Exhausting | 37 (27.7) |
| Gratifying | 25 (18.8) |
| Stimulating | 17 (12.8) |
| Motivating | 19 (14.3) |
| Fulfilling | 4 (3.0) |
| Exciting | 6 (4.5) |
| Negative impact on the moral | |
| Not at all | 9 (6.7) |
| A little | 31 (23.3) |
| A lot | 57 (42.9) |
| Extremely | 36 (27.1) |
| Negative impact on the efficiency at work | |
| Not at all | 36 (27.1) |
| A little | 65 (48.9) |
| A lot | 25 (18.8) |
| Extremely | 7 (5.3) |
| Worrying about its own health | |
| Not at all | 72 (54.1) |
| A little | 53 (39.8) |
| A lot | 8 (6.0) |
| Extremely | 0 (0.0) |
| Worrying about the health of its relatives | |
| Not at all | 15 (11.3) |
| A little | 64 (47.4) |
| A lot | 49 (36.8) |
| Extremely | 6 (4.5) |
| Support from colleagues | 113 (85.0) |
| Support from relatives | 120 (90.2) |
The questions were organized in the following 4 categories: respondent information, theoretical training, practical training, and mental health (descriptive statistics).