Education and Training for Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons in the Context of COVID-19

[摘要] As worldwide efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic continue, we are seeing the impacts, both positive and negative, on all aspects of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgical care. Alterations in clinical practice, ranging from changes in the distribution and type of cases performed to CMF surgeons performing primary medical and critical care functions, have become the norm. The financial impact on practices, both community and hospital-based are unprecedented and remain incompletely defined. The CMF community has been steadfast in working with public health experts and frontline medical colleagues to appropriately tailor care to the changing needs of our health care systems to ensure safe provision of care to patients with post-traumatic, post-ablative, or congenital facial differences. The positive impacts of these concerted efforts are beginning to be evident, both for patients and the health care complex at large. Updated guidelines from the International AO CMF Taskforce reflect this improved understanding of the disease epidemiology.