Abstract

CABRERA, Luis Felipe; JASPE, Carlos Luna  and  CIRO, Mauricio Pedraza. Adaptation of the residence of general surgery in Colombia to the COVID-19 pandemic: virtual surgical education program. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2020, vol.35, n.2, pp.256-263. ISSN 2011-7582.  https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.632.

This pandemic has changed surgical education, since during this period all the efforts of the surgical services will focus on providing the best possible care to the population affected by COVID-19, while protecting and preserving the surgical workforce. However, surgical education should not be abandoned, and continuing virtual surgical education programs may be a viable option to mitigate the effect of the pandemic on the training of surgical residents. By sharing this experience, the possibility to develop future works to objectively evaluate and compare the effectiveness of these new teaching methods in our country.

Keywords : COVID-19; coronavirus infections; pandemics; general surgery; education, medical; health postgraduate programs.

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