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cord-291307-71s44kbs	Malhotra, Rajesh	Conducting orthopaedic practical examination during the Covid-19 pandemic	2020-07-10		.txt	text/plain	1382	90	52	BACKGROUND: As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to stay for a longer time, educational activities including residency training have gradually resumed with the aid of virtual tools. The conventional exam pattern involved clinical case presentations and required resident interaction with a number of patients. However, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic we conducted a "zero-patient contact virtual practical exit examination" for orthopaedic residents. CONCLUSION: Orthopaedic residency end-of-training examinations can be successfully conducted during the COVID pandemic, and we hope our experience will be helpful to other residency programs. However, the Covid-19 pandemic posed a few challenges that made conducting the practical 42 exams in a conventional manner unseemly, difficult and impractical. A total of seven 43 candidates completed the tenure of residency training and were appearing for the examination 44 in June 2020 and therefore 28 clinical cases were needed. To overcome both these challenges, our department planned to 50 conduct a "zero-patient contact virtual practical exit examination" for orthopaedic residents.	./cache/cord-291307-71s44kbs.txt	./txt/cord-291307-71s44kbs.txt