attitudes of the third-year clinical anesthesiology residents toward an independent clinical practice rotation in covid-19 pandemic in iran

Background: covid-19 was a worldwide pandemic with international health emergencies and great challenges; health care personnel shortage and physician burnout is a potential major challenge that should be planned and managed; especially in those countries with a high covid-19 occurrence. objectives: this study was designed to assess the attitudes of 3rd-year anesthesiology residents toward an independent one monthlength clinical care course for patients with covid-19. methods: a closed self-administered questionnaire was developed to assess the attitudes of 3rd-year clinical anesthesiology residents. a self-administered closed questionnaire was developed. cronbach’s alpha was calculated to measure the reliability of the questionnaire; added with a factor analysis process. results: all 19 clinical anesthesiology residents took part in the study, with a 100% response rate. cronbach’s alpha for the reliability of the questionnaire was 0.678. the eigenvalue for 8 factors was equal to 1; however, further assessment led us to 7 factors. conclusions: this one-month period could improve the competencies of the 3rd year clinical anesthesiology residents based on their viewpoints. since the covid-19 pandemic is ongoing health and social problem worldwide, 3rd-year anesthesiology residents could help the health system to recover health care delivery faults regarding manpower; a promising point for crisis preparedness in the covid-19 pandemic. besides, there were many constructive results for the clinical anesthesiology residents regarding their training and clinical service delivery.