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Creation of a military, residency-driven, gynecological surgery and obstetrics educational podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic
  1. Rene MacKinnon1,
  2. L Chatfield2,
  3. R Saunders3,
  4. C Lindner4,
  5. A Owens2 and
  6. T Mamienski2
  1. 1 Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
  2. 2 Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  3. 3 Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA
  4. 4 Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rene MacKinnon, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA; renemmackinnon{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2022-002228

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    In March of 2020, the world promptly ceased in-person gatherings and lectures at universities and other academic institutions during an unprecedented and deadly pandemic. While the medical community swiftly rose to the occasion, resident physicians and medical trainees were affected both clinically and academically. Across the nation, traditional bedside learning, simulation training and academic assemblies came to a halt and residency programmes were challenged to rapidly adapt their curricula to a virtual platform.1 2

    As part of an institutional review board-exempt, quality improvement project, US military gynecologic surgery and obstetrics (GS&O) residency programmes joined together to develop an innovative, educational podcast, created by residents for residents. This novel, virtual platform was designed to maintain academic integrity while creatively fostering a community of togetherness despite the pandemic-imposed gathering …

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    • Contributors Each author participated in the development of this innovative project, drafting sections of the manuscript, editing and approving the final, submitted version.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.