COVID-19 and surgical training in Italy: Residents and young consultants perspectives from the battlefield

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on general surgery training program: An Italian experience

“…3 In Lombardy, Italy's most hit region, surgical residents completely discontinued their usual duties to supply the lack of personnel in dedicated COVID-19 units. 4 The problem of residents education was not just regional and confined to our National borders; the worldwide spread of COVID-19 infection affected all training programs all over the world.…”

Global surgery in the time of COVID-19: A trainee perspective

“…As suggested by L Ferrario et al., video-conferencing and virtual lectures have been particularly important educational tools for students of GS during this time. 1 Numerous trainee-led organizations continue to remain active via web-based modules. For example, the International Student Surgical Network (InciSioN) has hosted webinars on various topics since the beginning of the pandemic.…”

“…We read with great interest a number of recent articles by L Ferrario et al., 1 AN Martin & RT Petroze, 2 C Shao 3 and Chen et al. 4 ; we would like to thank the authors for sharing their perspectives.…”

Telementoring of in-home real-time laparoscopy using whatsapp messenger: An innovative teaching tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cohort study

“…As an initial containment measure, all elective surgeries were suspended and only emergency cases were attended in order to allocate all health resources to the attendance of COVID-19 cases [ 2 ]. This situation led to a decrease in surgical activity worldwide [ 3 ], thus impairing the training of surgical residents as well [ 4 ], as scientific societies recommended that surgeries be performed by experienced surgeons [ 5 ].…”