Online surgical education adopted among urology residency programs in response to COVID-19: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the residents' perceptions of the, COVID-19 driven, newly implemented online learning systems adopted among accredited urology residency programs nationwide, and their sustainability following the pandemic era.

Materials and methods

A survey was designed and dispersed to urology program coordinators and directors to distribute to their residents. In the survey, Online education models was the all-encompassing term to describe any form of resident education that occurred online. Anonymous surveys were exported from Survey Monkey and data was analyzed for statistical significance.

Results

Over 70% of urology residents agreed or were neutral to the statement that Online education models were equivalent to in-person learning. Only 13% of residents

SUBMITTER: Connelly ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature