Riding the waves: Challenges to medical specialty training during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

Registrar training has traditionally relied on achieving practical workplace-based competencies together with the theoretical knowledge necessary to obtain a specialist qualification. However, in last year, healthcare setting been transformed into landscape of overworked staff, increased patient care demands and strained resources. In face these challenges, registrar programme finds itself peril. The present article focuses adverse effects COVID-19 pandemic education registrars South Africa.