Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiology fellowship training in a sub-Saharan African training centre: an African perspective
This study showed that the COVID-19 crisis resulted in a significant reduction in the total volume of patients and cardiac procedures and, in turn, the number of training episodes. This may have limited the fellows from achieving a great amount of skills base in highly technical skills by the end of their training. Opportunities for post-fellowship training in the form of continued mentorship and proctorship would be a valuable option for the trainees if there is a similar pandemic in the future.
Authors
- Mohamed Jeilan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-9260)
- Barbara Karau
- Redemptar Kimeu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5641-5924)
- Mohamed Hasham Varwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-7374)
- Etienne Amendezo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1447-3365)
- Mzee Ngunga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0679-0387)
- Abdelmonem Ahmed
Institutions
- Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (KE)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2023-023
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00