PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hickey, Kala
AU  - Thorburn, Casey
AU  - Wilson, Jaime
AU  - Pace, David
AU  - Hogan, Michael
AU  - Quigley, Steven
TI  - The impact of COVID-19 on surgical education: perspectives from Canadian general surgery residents
AID  - 10.1503/cjs.005921
DP  - 2021 Nov 10
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - E613--E614
VI  - 64
IP  - 6
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/64/6/E613.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/64/6/E613.full
SO  - CAN J SURG2021 Nov 10; 64
AB  - Most institutions have mitigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residency education by transitioning to web-based educational platforms and using innovative solutions, such as surgical video libraries, telehealth clinics, online question banks via social media platforms, and procedural simulations. Here, we assess the perceived impact of COVID-19 on Canadian surgical residency education and discuss the unique challenges in adapting to a virtual format and how novel training methods implemented during the pandemic may be useful in the future of surgical education.