Keep calm and carry on learning: using Microsoft Teams to deliver a medical education programme during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daisy Henderson; Hannah Woodcock; Jay Mehta; Nuzhath Khan; Victoria Shivji; Charlotte Richardson; Haleema Aya; Shier Ziser; Gabriele Pollara; Aine Burns

doi:10.7861/fhj.2020-0071

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Table 1.

Questionnaire responses indicating educational needs of staff during COVID-19 outbreak

Topic	Number of doctors requesting teaching (%)
COVID-19-specific learning
Donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE)	18 (40)
Managing a cardiac arrest in a patient with known or suspected COVID-19	27 (60)
Taking and processing a nasopharyngeal swab	23 (51)
Clinical skills and procedures
Arterial line insertion	25 (56)
Cannulation	5 (11)
Central line insertion	27 (60)
Chest X-ray interpretation	8 (18)
Electrocardiogram interpretation	10 (22)
Intraosseous (IO) access	18 (40)
Lumbar puncture	13 (29)
Non-invasive ventilation	26 (58)
Paracentesis	16 (36)
Pleural aspiration	18 (40)
Venepuncture	3 (7)
Communication skills
Breaking bad news	6 (13)
Challenging conversations with relatives	8 (18)
Treatment escalation discussions	13 (29)
Knowledge
Basic life support	8 (18)
Completion of a medical certificate of cause of death	9 (20)
Confirmation of death	7 (16)
COVID-19 care bundle	26 (58)
Documentation in notes	7 (16)
End of life care	10 (22)
Recognition and assessment of a deteriorating patient	9 (20)
Venous thromboembolism assessment	7 (16)
Total	45

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Table 2.

Virtual teaching sessions delivered COVID-19 outbreak

Speciality	Topic
Cardiology	Cardiac complications in COVID-19 Thrombotic events in COVID-19
Diabetes and endocrine	Addison's disease Diabetic emergencies Hyponatraemia Thyrotoxicosis and thyroid storm Update in type II diabetes
Emergency department	Conversation between ED and intensive care unit: learning from the intensive care unit
Health services for elderly care (HSEP)	Delirium and COVID-19 Frailty and COVID-19
Infectious diseases	Clinical trials COVID-19 care bundle Guidance on antibiotic prescribing in COVID-19 Learning from COVID-19 experience in Hong Kong Personal protective equipment
Infectious diseases journal club	Antibodies in COVID-19: diagnostic and therapeutic uses A trial of lopinavir-ritonavir in adults hospitalised with severe COVID-19 Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 Exploring COVID-19 mortality in the black, Asian and minority ethnic groups SARS-CoV-2 viral loads and the assessment of hydroxychloroquine The challenge of asymptomatic transmission in COVID-19 The effect of social distancing measures on transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Intensive care	Conversation between ED and intensive care unit: learning from the intensive care unit Mechanical ventilation Pulmonary and renal complications in COVID-19
Medical education	Wellbeing
Medical Examiner Officer	Guidance on completion of a medical certificate of death (MCCD)
Ophthalmology	COVID-19 Eye-CU
Palliative medicine	Breaking bad news Cornea donation End of life care
Physiotherapy	Proning in COVID-19
Psychiatry	Resilience during COVID-19
Radiology	Chest X-ray interpretation in COVID-19 General CT interpretation
Renal	ACEi/ARBs and COVID-19 COVID-19 and the kidney Pulmonary and renal complications in COVID-19
Respiratory	Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) COVID-19 respiratory follow-up Oxygen delivery in COVID-19
Rheumatology	COVID-19 and the cytokine storm
Senior management team	In conversation with the chief executive