Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiology Resident Training and Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Prashanth Kulkarni ◽  
Manjappa Mahadevappa
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
A Current

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created an unprecedented global health emergency. This crisis has impacted educational activities worldwide, including India. It is imperative to understand the challenges faced by institutions in imparting resident training when dealing with patients during this pandemic. This correspondence briefly discusses the effect on the cardiology residency program and research activities. It also highlights the measures to impart education safely amid a current pandemic.

scholarly journals Low COVID-19 impact in Africa: The multifactorial Nexus

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Aniefiok Udoakang ◽  
Mary Oboh ◽  
Agatha Henry-Ajala ◽  
Claudia Anyigba ◽  
Semeeh Omoleke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
The Novel ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Effective Public Health ◽  
A Current ◽  
Better Than

Africa has defied predictions of being the worst hit by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which has devastated Europe, the Americas, and some Asian countries. However, with a current second and third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic across other continents, pertinent​ questions have arisen regarding the lower disease severity and seemingly better outcomes in most African countries. Several factors have been proposed as discussed in this review including, underreporting, quick lockdown measures, effective public health intervention, younger population structure, cross-immunity and experience from fighting previous epidemics, such as the Ebola virus outbreak, previous infections or vaccinations, genetic predisposition, and tropical climate. We have discussed the implications of these factors on the magnitude of the outbreak and the better-than-expected outcomes observed in Africa. In addition, other potential factors like vitamin-D deficiency and chronic non-communicable diseases could predispose non-African regions to severe COVID-19 outcome. Therefore, this review further advocates for research to understand the precise mechanisms responsible for the pandemic’s relatively mild impact in Africa and proposed recommendations to prevent an infection surge.

scholarly journals Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients with Cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Zahraa Qusairy ◽  
Miran Rada
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Underlying Disease ◽  
Therapeutic Agents ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Supportive Treatment ◽  
Plasma Therapy ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has appeared to be one of the biggest global health threats worldwide with no specific therapeutic agents. As of August 2020, over 22.4 million confirmed cases and more than 788,000 deaths have been reported globally, and the toll is expected to increase before the pandemic is over. Given the aggressive nature of their underlying disease, cancer patients seem to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 and various studies have confirmed this hypothesis. Herein, we review the current information regarding the role of cancer in SARS-CoV-2 infections. Moreover, we discuss the effective supportive treatment options for COVID-19 including Dexamethasone, Tocilizumab and Remdesivir and convalescent plasma therapy (CPT), as well as discuss their efficacy in COVID-19 patients with cancer.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned From the Effects of COVID-19 on the Training and Education Workflow of Radiology Residents—A Time for Reflection: Perspectives of Residency Program Directors and Residents in Canada

2020 ◽  
pp. 084653712096364
Author(s):  
William Warnica ◽  
Alan Moody ◽  
Linda Probyn ◽  
Eric Bartlett ◽  
Navneet Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residency Program ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Radiology Resident ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Radiology Training ◽  
Radiology Residency ◽  
Residency Program Directors ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to widespread changes in all health care settings including academic radiology departments. The purpose of this survey-based study was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on radiology resident training and education workflow in Canada in terms of the nature, scale, and heterogeneity of the changes, preparedness and adaptation, and perceptions of the present and future of radiology training. Methods: A 30-question web-based survey was sent to 17 radiology residency program directors across Canada. A separate 32-question survey was sent to 460 residents currently enrolled in a radiology residency in Canada. These surveys were open for 3 weeks. Results: We received responses from 16 program directors and 80 residents (response rates 94.1% and 17.4%, respectively). Most respondents agreed that objectives were being met for knowledge and interpretation but less so for case volumes and technical skills. Less time was allotted for on-site activities (eg, readouts) with more time for off-site activities (eg, videoconferencing). Daytime rotations were at least partly cancelled. Most respondents felt these changes were met with enthusiasm by both faculty and residents. However, there were perceived challenges including lack of training on virtual platforms for delivery of teaching and decreased staff–resident interaction, with short- and long-term anxiety reported. Conclusions: The coronavirus disease 2019 has dramatically changed radiology resident training in Canada, with increased virtual learning at the expense of cancelled rotations and the resultant reduction in case volumes and staff–resident interaction. Although adopted with enthusiasm, these changes present substantial challenges and anxiety regarding the future of radiology resident education.

scholarly journals COVID-19 pandemic spread across geographical and social borders: Can we face it?

Geografie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Dagmar Dzúrová ◽  
Jan Jarolímek
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
H1n1 Influenza ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Health Complications ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
H1n1 Influenza Pandemic

The global health threat of the novel coronavirus virus SARS-CoV-2 has been the most severe virus since the (A) H1N1 influenza pandemic of 1918–1920. The aim of this paper is to document the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, on the basis of daily WHO and Chinese CDC data, from the time of the first recorded outbreak of the epidemic. Furthermore, the aim of the paper, based on knowledge of the epidemic cycle in the province of Hubei, is to attempt to simulate the future development of the epidemic in the Czech population. According to the optimistic prediction model, it is expected that the epidemic peak could occur in Czechia in mid-April with a daily number of 700–750 new cases. The total number of people with confirmed disease could reach roughly 20,000 (20% of people may experience serious health complications). The conclusion of the article points to the need for Czechia to build its own infrastructure to cover the needs of the state – especially in the areas of preparedness of medical facilities, medical staff, and the availability of protective equipment and medicines.

COVID-19 and Children’s Mental Health: Identifying Challenges and the New Normal

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniruddh Behere ◽  
Brittany N. Barber Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Evidenced Based ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 has had clear and direct impact on the physical health of human beings, but the mental health toll associated with this global pandemic is only beginning to be understood. Although children and adolescents have been largely spared from the more severe symptoms associated with the disease, global health organizations such as the United Nations have suggested that COVID-19 may have the longest and most severe impact on children and adolescents due to the socioeconomic, physical, psychological impacts associated with the disease itself and the measures taken to stop transmission, such as physical distancing. This paper provides an overview of the evolutionary basis for community, and the ways that social and physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 threaten the important social learning and support that community provides. It will then discuss, based on research from prior pandemics, recommendations from global health authorities, and emerging data on the impacts of COVID-19, how this pandemic is likely to impact the mental health of children and adolescents. Finally, we offer evidenced-based suggestions about how to mitigate the effects of physical and social distancing.

scholarly journals Conducting Translational Gastrointestinal Research in the Era of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1759-1764
Author(s):  
Shadi Nayeri ◽  
Margaret Walshe ◽  
Sun-Ho Lee ◽  
Melissa Filice ◽  
Stella Rho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Translational Research ◽  
Virus Transmission ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Global Catastrophe ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in a global pandemic that is affecting the health and economy of all World Health Organization [WHO] regions. Clinical and translational research activities have been affected drastically by this global catastrophe. In this document we provide a suggested roadmap for resuming gastrointestinal translational research activities, emphasising physical distancing and use of personal protective equipment. We discuss modes of virus transmission in enclosed environments [including clinical workplaces and laboratories] and potential risks of exposure in the endoscopy environment for research staff. The proposed guidelines should be considered in conjunction with local institutional and government guidelines so that translational research can be resumed as safely as possible.

scholarly journals PANDEMIC EMERGENCE: PUBLIC HEALTH OR SECURITY ISSUES?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. 120-129
Author(s):  
Nor Anita Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Global Health Issue ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus pandemic (SARS-CoV-2) has spread from human transmission and emerged as a public and global health issue that becomes serious due to high morbidity and mortality rates. This article aims to see that the aspect of a pandemic is not only involving public health issues as known but also a threat to a security issues in a country. The study of writing applies doctrinal methods. As a result of discussions and analysis, this article found that the emergence of pandemics occur on a large scale has trigger threats, panic, and fear that can cause public health and security issues to be addressed.

scholarly journals The Role of Technology in COVID-19 Pandemic Management and Its Financial Impact

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jin Zhao ◽  
Zubair Ahmad ◽  
Saima K. Khosa ◽  
M. Yusuf ◽  
Osama Abdulaziz Alamri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Financial Impact ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

A pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing an unprecedented situation for the world’s health services. Health, local communities, and government are adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, on January 21, 2020, the WHO Emergency Committee declared a global health emergency because of increasing numbers of COVID-19 case notifications from countries overseas. While the pandemic caused grave damage to socioeconomic phenomena and multiple global phenomena such as commodity prices, remittances, trade, tourism, significant job loss, and drastically lower wages, the pandemic has also negatively affected multiple global phenomena. The advent of technology has spurred significant changes in many aspects of our lives and improved the exchange of information, the presentation of data, and the management of medical resources through telemedicine. In this article, we present a mathematical data visualization approach for analyzing pandemic data behaviors, such as exponential growth and deviations using the data related to COVID-19 events. Furthermore, this article will include studies on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on finance sector.

scholarly journals Exercising caution in correlating COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates with BCG vaccination policies due to variable rates of SARS CoV-2 testing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine Hensel ◽  
Kathleen M. McAndrews ◽  
Daniel J. McGrail ◽  
Dara P. Dowlatshahi ◽  
Valerie S. LeBleu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Bcg Vaccine ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Bacillus Calmette Guerin ◽  
Vaccination Policy ◽  
Bcg Vaccination ◽  
The Past ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
A Current

ABSTRACTThe Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine provides protection against tuberculosis (TB), and is proposed to provide protection to non-TB infectious diseases. The COVID-19 outbreak results from infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) and was declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. We queried whether the BCG vaccine offers protection against CoV-2 infection. We observed that countries with a current universal BCG vaccination policy have a significantly lower COVID-19 incidence than countries which never had a universal BCG policy or had one in the past. However, population density, median age, TB incidence, urban population, and, most significantly, CoV-2 testing rate, were also connected with BCG policy and could potentially confound the analysis. By limiting the analysis to countries with high CoV-2 testing rates, defined as greater than 2,500 tests per million inhabitants, these parameters were no longer statistically associated with BCG policy. When analyzing only countries with high testing rates, there was no longer a significant association between the number of COVID-19 cases per million inhabitants and the BCG vaccination policy. Although preliminary, our analyses indicate that the BCG vaccination may not offer protection against CoV-2 infection. While reporting biases may confound our observations, our findings support exercising caution in determining potential correlation between BCG vaccination and COVID-19 incidence, in part due significantly lower rates of CoV-2 testing per million inhabitants in countries with current universal BCG vaccination policy.

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Lessons from COVID-19 (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Hatherley
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
The Novel ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Patient Confidentiality ◽  
Government Aid ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

UNSTRUCTURED The dramatic effects of the novel coronavirus have been felt deeply worldwide. As of the time of writing, almost 600,000 lives have been lost, unemployment claims have reached record heights, and entire sectors of various economies have been largely shut down. Yet from tragedies of such grand scale, important lessons can be learned: about the economic structure of healthcare, about future systems of employment and government aid, and about the use of emerging technologies in medicine and healthcare. In this article, I focus upon the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, and identify two lessons that can be learned from the COVID-19 global health crisis. I argue that high-stakes scenarios like those emerging from COVID-19 pose an especially challenging tension between patient confidentiality and the efficacy of AI in medicine, and that confident predictions of cost-savings and greater efficiency ought to be eyed with suspicion.

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