PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ronald Lett
AU  - Rajan Bola
AU  - Respicious Boniface
AU  - Gilgamesh Eamer
AU  - Gladwell Gathecha
TI  - Conducting an international curriculum review meeting in the age of COVID-19
AID  - 10.1503/cjs.014820
DP  - 2020 Oct 01
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - E418--E421
VI  - 63
IP  - 5
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/63/5/E418.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/63/5/E418.full
SO  - CAN J SURG2020 Oct 01; 63
AB  - The Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) hosted a workshop in May of 2020 with a goal of critically evaluating Trauma Team Training courses. The workshop was held virtually because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Twenty-three participants attended from 8 countries: Canada, Guyana, Kenya, Nigeria, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda and the United States. More participants were able to attend the virtual meeting than the traditional in-person meetings. Web-based videoconference software was used, participants presented prerecorded PowerPoint videos, and questions were raised using a written chat. The review proved successful, with discussions and recommendations for improvements surrounding course quality, lecture content, skills sessions, curriculum variations and clinical practical scenarios. The CNIS’s successful experience conducting an online curriculum review involving international participants may prove useful to others proceeding with collaborative projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.