Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general surgery residency program in Peru: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General surgey is a specialty of high demand and relevance. We aimed to collect the opinions of the residents and their tutors and heads of department, regarding the impact that this COVID-19 pandemic is having - and will probably have - on the training of future general surgeons in Peru.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study in Lima, Peru. We surveyed residents of general surgery, as well as their tutors and heads of surgery departments from 14 Peruvian hospitals.

Results

The impact of COVID-19 was considered severe in approximately 60% of first-year residents, 100% of second-year residents, 40% of third-year residents and about 80% of attending physicians. The 68.8% of the residents considered that the loss of surgical training opportunities during

SUBMITTER: Huamanchumo-Suyon ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature