Educational interventions to integrate surgical staff within medical units during the COVID-19 pandemic: EDUCOVID survey

Background The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic required a rapid surge of healthcare capacity to face a growing number of critically ill patients. For this reason, a support reserve of physicians, including surgeons, were required to be reassigned to offer support. Objective To realize a survey on the educational programs deployed (face-to-face or e-learning focusing on infective area, basic gestures, COVID clinical management and intensive care medicine), and their impact on behavior change (Kirkpatrick 3) of the target population of surgeons, measured on a five modalities Likert scale. Design Cross-sectional online e-survey (NCT04732858) within surgeons from the Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris network, metropolitan area of Paris, France. Results Cross-sectional e-Survey: among 382 surgeons invited, 37 (9.7%) participated. The effectiveness of the educational interventions on behavior changes was rated within the highest region of the Likert scale by 15% (n = 3) and 22% (n = 6) for 'e-learning' and 'face-to-face' delivery modes, respectively. Conclusions Despite the low response rate, this survey suggests an overall low impact on behaviour change among responders affiliated to a surgical discipline.