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Adaptación de la residencia de Cirugía General en Colombia a la pandemia del COVID-19: programa de enseñanza quirúrgica virtual

Translated title of the contribution: Adaptation of the residence of general surgery in Colombia to the COVID-19 pandemic: virtual surgical education program.
  • Luis Felipe Cabrera-Vargas
  • , Carlos Luna Jaspe
  • , Mauricio Pedraza Ciro

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Abstract

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.

Translated title of the contributionAdaptation of the residence of general surgery in Colombia to the COVID-19 pandemic: virtual surgical education program.
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)256-263
Number of pages8
JournalRevista Colombiana de Cirugia
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

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