Survey results on academics and training questions
| Residents (n=27) | Core faculty (n=25) | |
| Explosion affected training | ||
| No | 12 (44%) | 5 (20%) |
| Yes | 15 (56%) | 20 (80%) |
| Hospital partially damaged | 9 (33%) | 13 (65%) |
| Hospital completely damaged | 3 (11%) | 5 (25%) |
| Training stopped for period of time | 8 (30%) | 8 (40%) |
| Transferred to another facility for training | 2 (7%) | 3 (15%) |
| The past 2 year affected training (clinical/operative skills) | ||
| No | 8 (30%) | 8 (32%) |
| Yes | 19 (70%) | 17 (68%) |
| Less surgeries | 14 (74%) | 13 (77%) |
| Less supervision | 8 (42%) | 6 (35%) |
| Less patients | 13 (68%) | 9 (53%) |
| Lack of personnel | 2 (11%) | 5 (29%) |
| Increased workload due to decreased number of residents | 3 (16%) | 2 (12%) |
| Increased workload due to lack of staff | 4 (21%) | 4 (24%) |
| Less research and didactic sessions | 12 (63%) | 14 (82%) |
| What affected residency training the most during the past 2 years | ||
| The economic crisis | 20 (74%) | 15 (60%) |
| The Beirut port explosion | 3 (11%) | 1 (4%) |
| The protests | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) |
| The COVID-19 pandemic | 2 (7%) | 8 (32%) |
| The past 2 years had any positive impact on training | ||
| No | 10 (37%) | 6 (24%) |
| Yes | 17 (63%) | 19 (76%) |
| Increased patient load | 8 (47%) | 9 (47%) |
| Increased variety of patient presentations | 8 (47%) | 6 (32%) |
| Increased number of trauma cases | 11 (65%) | 13 (68%) |
| Increased time for research/reading | 8 (47%) | 6 (32%) |
| Increased number of lectures/didactic sessions | 2 (12%) | 2 (11%) |
| Teaching rounds during the past 2 years | ||
| Stopped | 5 (19%) | 1 (4%) |
| Occur at same frequency as before | 9 (33%) | 8 (32%) |
| Occur less frequently as before | 10 (37%) | 15 (60%) |
| Occur more frequently as before | 2 (7%) | 1 (4%) |
| Department switched to virtual lectures and teaching sessions | ||
| No | 5 (19%) | 2 (8%) |
| Partially | 18 (67%) | 17 (68%) |
| Completely | 3 (11%) | 6 (24%) |
| Better than face-to-face lectures | 2 (10%) | – |
| Worse than face-to-face lectures | 13 (62%) | – |
| Same as face-to-face lectures | 4 (19%) | – |
| Patients’ flow in outpatient clinics | ||
| Same as before | 8 (30%) | 7 (28%) |
| Decreased by 0%–49% | 10 (37%) | 9 (36%) |
| Decreased by 50%–100% | 2 (7%) | 2 (8%) |
| Increased | 6 (22%) | 7 (28%) |
| Emergency visits/consults | ||
| Same as before | 8 (30%) | 9 (36%) |
| Decreased by 0%–49% | 13 (48%) | 10 (40%) |
| Decreased by 50%–100% | 1 (4%) | 3 (12%) |
| Increased | 4 (15%) | 3 (12%) |
| Reasons for increase in some surgeries | ||
| The Beirut port explosion | 11 (41%) | 7 (28%) |
| The protests | 6 (22%) | 3 (12%) |
| Reasons for decrease in some surgeries | ||
| The economic crisis | 22 (82%) | 13 (52%) |
| The protests | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) |
| The COVID-19 pandemic | 1 (4%) | 5 (20%) |