背景COVID-19是本世纪最严重的流行病,导致经济、社会,和教育中断。实习培训也不例外,由于培训限制,延迟了住院医师的成长和毕业。我们试图利用模拟模型来预测由于COVID-19和未来类似性质的大流行而重复和长时间的运动限制对未来队列的影响。方法进行了一项德尔菲研究,以确定受COVID-19影响的国际研究生医学教育认证委员会(ACGME-I)培训变量。从2018年到2021年,对这些变量的定量居民数据集进行了整理和分析。使用Vensim®软件(VentanaSystems,Inc.,哈佛,MA),使用历史居民数据和大流行进展延迟来创建一个新的模拟模型来预测未来的进展延迟.各种持续时间的延迟也被编程到软件中,以模拟影响居民进展的不同严重程度的限制。结果使用具有模拟不同大流行长度的情景的模型,我们发现,居民在每个认可年份的平均延误估计范围从第二年居民增加一个月到第四年居民超过三个月。为期一年的行动限制将需要长达六年的时间,该计划才能恢复到大流行前的平衡。结论系统动态建模可用于预测大流行期间住院医师培训计划的延迟。因此,可以预测对劳动力的影响,允许居留计划制定缓解措施,以避免进展延迟。
Background COVID-19 has been the worst pandemic of this century, resulting in economic, social, and educational disruptions. Residency training is no exception, with training restrictions delaying the progression and graduation of residents. We sought to utilize simulation
modelling to predict the impact on future cohorts in the event of repeated and prolonged movement restrictions due to COVID-19 and future pandemics of a similar nature. Method A Delphi study was conducted to determine key Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I) training variables affected by COVID-19. Quantitative resident datasets on these variables were collated and analysed from 2018 to 2021. Using the Vensim® software (Ventana Systems, Inc., Harvard, MA), historical resident data and pandemic progression delays were used to create a novel simulation model to predict future progression delay. Various durations of delay were also programmed into the software to simulate restrictions of varying severity that would impact resident progression. Results Using the model with scenarios simulating varying pandemic length, we found that the estimated average delay for residents in each accredited year ranged from an increase of one month for year 2 residents to more than three months for year 4 residents. Movement restrictions lasting a year would require up to six years before the program returned to a pre-pandemic equilibrium. Conclusion Systems dynamic
modelling can be used to predict delays in residency training programs during a pandemic. The impact on the workforce can thus be projected, allowing residency programs to institute mitigating measures to avoid progression delay.