LATIN AMERICAN RESIDENTS’ SURGICAL EDUCATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC: WHAT STRATEGIES HAVE EMERGED FOR ADAPTING TO THIS NEW ERA?

Autor: Eduardo Varela, Ignacio Castelli, Vania Szwarcfiter, Lawrence Turner, María Inés Gaete, Francisca Belmar, Matías Cortés, Gerónimo Jiménez, Marcia Corvetto, Julián Varas
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva, Vol 35 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0102-6720
DOI: 10.1590/0102-672020220002e1708
Popis: ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on surgical education in Latin America, decreasing residents’ surgical training and supervised clinical practice. AIMS: This study aimed to identify strategies that have been proposed or implemented to adapt surgical training and supervised clinical practice to COVID-19-related limitations in Latin America. METHOD: A literature review was performed between April and May 2021, divided into two searches. The first one sought to identify adaptation strategies in Latin America for surgical training and supervised clinical practice. The second one was carried out as a complement to identify methodologies proposed in the rest of the world. RESULTS: In the first search, 16 of 715 articles were selected. In the second one, 41 of 1,637 articles were selected. Adaptive strategies proposed in Latin America focused on videoconferencing and simulation. In the rest of the world, remote critical analysis of recorded/live surgeries, intrasurgical tele-mentoring, and surgery recording with postoperative feedback were suggested. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple adaptation strategies for surgical education during the COVID-19 pandemic have been proposed in Latin America and the rest of the world. There is an opportunity to implement new strategies in the long term for surgical training and supervised clinical practice, although more prospective studies are required to generate evidence-based recommendations.
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