TY - JOUR T1 - The impact of COVID-19 on surgical education: perspectives from Canadian general surgery residents JF - Canadian Journal of Surgery JO - CAN J SURG SP - E613 LP - E614 DO - 10.1503/cjs.005921 VL - 64 IS - 6 AU - Kala Hickey AU - Casey Thorburn AU - Jaime Wilson AU - David Pace AU - Michael Hogan AU - Steven Quigley Y1 - 2021/11/10 UR - http://canjsurg.ca/content/64/6/E613.abstract N2 - 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. ER -