TY - JOUR
T1 - Thirty-three vascular residency programs among 13 countries joining forces to improve surgical education in times of COVID-19
T2 - A survey-based assessment
AU - Fabiani, Mario Alejandro
AU - Gonzalez-Urquijo, Mauricio
AU - Cassagne, Gabriela
AU - Dominguez, Angeles
AU - Hinojosa-Gonzalez, David Eugenio
AU - Lozano-Balderas, Gerardo
AU - Cisneros Tinoco, Miguel Ángel
AU - Escotto Sanchez, Ignacio
AU - Esperón Percovich, Alejandro
AU - Vegas, Diego Herrera
AU - Mariné Massa, Leopoldo
AU - Mertens, Renato A.
AU - Morelli, Luis
AU - Sepulveda Monsalve, Gustavo
AU - Sanchez Nicolat, Nora
AU - Perez Damian, Venancio
AU - Riambau, Vicente
AU - Vaquero Puerta, Carlos
AU - Zaefferer, Patricio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2/4
Y1 - 2021/2/4
N2 - Background: Academic interaction with mentors has almost become minimal due to the current pandemic of COVID-19. The objective of this study is to introduce how a group of vascular surgery residencies joined forces to improve surgical education in times of COVID-19. Methods: On May 2020, a group of Hispanic American vascular residency programs created webinar sessions of arterial and venous clinical cases among vascular residents across Latin America and Europe. Participants were surveyed via email. Questions were about the perceived quality and utility of the webinars; answers were stratified into negative (disagree), neutral, and positive (agree). Results: There have been 60 sessions and 118 clinical cases presented. The survey was answered by 106 participants, 82 males (78.8%) and 24 women (23.0%). Fifty-four (51.9%) were board-certified vascular surgeons, 49 (47.1%) vascular surgery residents, and 2 (1.9%) general surgery residents. Mean age of the participants was 41.5 years (range: 25–74 years). Mean years of vascular surgery practice or experience were 11.2 years (range: 0–45 years). The residency programs involved in this project were from 13 different countries. Most answers received were positive for both perceived quality and utility of the webinars. Conclusion: Globalization and technology provide an opportunity for international education, with the goal of building well-rounded and academic vascular surgeons. This group is just the beginning of a large collaborative group among Hispanic American countries, hoping that more residency programs will join, with the aim of breaking borders in the education of vascular surgery.
AB - Background: Academic interaction with mentors has almost become minimal due to the current pandemic of COVID-19. The objective of this study is to introduce how a group of vascular surgery residencies joined forces to improve surgical education in times of COVID-19. Methods: On May 2020, a group of Hispanic American vascular residency programs created webinar sessions of arterial and venous clinical cases among vascular residents across Latin America and Europe. Participants were surveyed via email. Questions were about the perceived quality and utility of the webinars; answers were stratified into negative (disagree), neutral, and positive (agree). Results: There have been 60 sessions and 118 clinical cases presented. The survey was answered by 106 participants, 82 males (78.8%) and 24 women (23.0%). Fifty-four (51.9%) were board-certified vascular surgeons, 49 (47.1%) vascular surgery residents, and 2 (1.9%) general surgery residents. Mean age of the participants was 41.5 years (range: 25–74 years). Mean years of vascular surgery practice or experience were 11.2 years (range: 0–45 years). The residency programs involved in this project were from 13 different countries. Most answers received were positive for both perceived quality and utility of the webinars. Conclusion: Globalization and technology provide an opportunity for international education, with the goal of building well-rounded and academic vascular surgeons. This group is just the beginning of a large collaborative group among Hispanic American countries, hoping that more residency programs will join, with the aim of breaking borders in the education of vascular surgery.
KW - COVID-19
KW - e-learning
KW - educational tools
KW - globalization
KW - Residency
KW - training
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U2 - 10.1177/1708538121991268
DO - 10.1177/1708538121991268
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100555327
SN - 1708-5381
VL - 30
SP - 146
EP - 150
JO - Vascular
JF - Vascular
IS - 1
ER -