Abstract: Pandemics create unprecedented public health challenges that require comprehensive and coordinated responses from health care systems and can, thereby, cause substantial and prolonged disruption to residency training. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted medical education worldwide. Currently, there is a gap in the literature from the trainee’s perspective, and little advice on resuming post-pandemic operations. As internal medicine residents serving on the frontlines of a COVID-19 designated government hospital in the United Arab Emirates, we also faced significant challenges and uncertainties during the pandemic. We are fortunate to have overcome the initial surges and have spent the past 6 months navigating a new reality. We believe that the COVID-19 crisis provides an opportunity for graduate medical education programs worldwide to implement targeted changes that can lead to sustainable improvements in the system. In supporting learning during these times, our residency program has adopted flexible scheduling, focused on frequent and transparent communication, incorporated different strategies to build community and promote psychological wellbeing, and advanced virtual teaching modalities. The aim of this article is to share the strategies that have helped us to move forward in the aftermath of the first phases of the pandemic, whilst we prepare for the uncertainty of the future. We hope that the lessons we have learned can help inform other programs as they react and adapt to the global after-effects of this crisis.

Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, crisis response, medical education, internal medicine, residents

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危机后重建研究生医学教育：阿拉伯联合酋长国医疗居民的观点

摘要：大流行病给公共卫生带来了前所未有的挑战，需要卫生保健系统做出全面而协调的对策，从而可能导致对住院医师培训的严重和长期中断。2019年冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行影响了全球医学教育。当前，从受训者的角度来看，文献方面还存在空白，并且几乎没有关于恢复大流行后行动的建议。在阿拉伯联合酋长国，COVID-19指定的政府医院的一线服务的内科住院病人，在大流行期间，我们也面临着巨大的挑战和不确定性。我们很幸运克服了最初的浪潮，并且在过去的6个月中一直在探索新的现实。我们认为，COVID-19危机为全球的研究生医学教育计划提供了机会，可以实施有针对性的变革，从而实现系统的可持续改进。为了支持这些时期的学习，我们的住院医师计划采用了灵活的日程安排，着眼于频繁和透明的沟通，并采用了不同的策略来建立社区和促进心理健康，并采用了先进的虚拟教学方式。本文的目的是分享在大流行的第一阶段之后帮助我们前进的策略，同时为未来的不确定性做准备。我们希望，我们所汲取的教训可以帮助其他计划作出反应，使其适应并适应这场危机的全球后遗症。

关键字： COVID-19，大流行，危机应对，医学教育，内科，居民