• Theresa Guo, Kimberley L Kiong, Christopher M K L Yao, Melina Windon, Denna Zebda, Yelda Jozaghi, Xiao Zhao, Amy C Hessel, and Ehab Y Hanna.
• Department of Head & Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
• Head Neck. 2020 Oct 1; 42 (10): 2782-2790.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has reduced clinical volume with a negative impact on trainee education.MethodsSurvey study of Otolaryngology trainees in North America, during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.ResultsOf 216 respondents who accessed the survey, 175 (83%) completed the survey. Respondents reported a universal decrease in clinical activities (98.3%). Among participants who felt their program utilized technology well, there were significantly decreased concerns to receiving adequate educational knowledge (29.6% vs 65.2%, P = .003). However, 68% of trainees still expressed concern in ability to receive adequate surgical training. In addition, 54.7% of senior trainees felt that the pandemic had a negative impact on their ability to secure a job or fellowship after training.ConclusionsTrainees universally felt a negative impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Use of technology was able to alleviate some concerns in gaining adequate educational knowledge, but decreased surgical training remained the most prevalent concern.© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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