Impact of COVID-19 in spanish urology residents: Recommendations and perspective.

Impact of COVID-19 in spanish urology residents: Recommendations and perspective. Arch Esp Urol. 2020 Jun;73(5):471-478 Authors: Seguí-Moya E, González-Padilla DA, Ortega-Polledo LE, Sánchez-García M, López-González JA, Antón-Juanilla M, Mercader-Barrull C, Carrión DM, Álvarez-Ossorio JL Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously disrupted the day-to-day running of hospitals, affecting the activity of all medical and surgical departments. It has also affected urology residents, depriving them of training at their usual workplaces and forcing them to support COVID units. This has implied not only the loss of daily activities, but also the uncertainty of job opportunities for the final year residents. In addition, the cancellation of numerous events such as congresses, exams,or courses has affected the annual planning of the specialty. A review of the current literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the de-escalation process, on resident training has been carried out using web search and PubMed. The situation of the residents has been analyzed, both through the information generated by recent literature and by the personal experience of the authors, from different areas: evaluation systems, educational and surgical aspects, as well as healthcare work. As a result of this review, the negative impact of the crisison urology resident training can be observed, especially in the surgical field, but new learni...
Source: Archivos Espanoles de Urologia - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Arch Esp Urol Source Type: research