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authors: Paul, Anujeet; Sainath, Dipika; Nagarajan, Swathi; Rajalakshmi, AR
title: Two brutal waves of COVID-19: Where does ophthalmology residency training stand?
date: 2021-09-03
journal: Indian J Ophthalmol
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1832_21
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doc_id: 940358
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This new disease has triggered research; [4] however, dissertation topics are unlikely to be COVID-19-related. Postponement of non-emergency surgeries and reduced health-seeking behavior by patients has resulted in many residents failing to meet their dissertation requirements. Institutes accept adjustments in the sample size. However, publishing these dissertations, a requirement by regulatory authorities, will prove challenging.

Inadequate clinical exposure would prolong the post-residency training period. Worry of financial and personal constraints that this would entail aggravates anxiety caused by the pandemic. [5] Though the impact of this pandemic on ophthalmic training has been mostly detrimental, there have certainly been some gains. It opens new avenues for research. Online platforms, having overcome limitations of time and location, are important teaching methods. Wet labs and simulations, second fiddle to patient-centric training, have now achieved renewed importance. These modalities that have been adopted as rescue measures are likely to prove a valuable addition to traditional teaching methods in the future.

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