A Retrospective Cohort Study of Differential Attainment, COVID-19 and Chaos

Health Education and Improvement Wales

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19; Surgery

Treatments: Other: Differential attainment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05599529

CST_COVID_Outcomes

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective cohort study of Differential Attainment, COVID and Chaos: taking the difference out of a terrible trinity

Full description

Background: This study aimed to evaluate Core Surgical Training (CST) Differential Attainment (DA) related to COVID-19 and gender in three ethnic cohorts: White UK (WUKG), Black & Minority Ethnic UK (BMEUKG), and International Medical Graduates (IMG). The hypothesis was that COVID-19 adversely influenced CST outcome.

Methods: Anonymised 234 CST and 37 IST records (152 WUKG, 81 BMEUKG, 38 IMG) in a UK Statutory Education Body (SEB) were examined. Primary effect measures were: Annual Review of Competency Progression Outcome (ARCPO), MRCS pass, and National Training Number (NTN) appointment.

Enrollment: 303 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CST

Exclusion criteria

• Not completed training

Trial design

303 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-COVID

Treatment:

Other: Differential attainment

Peri-COVID

Treatment:

Other: Differential attainment