TY - JOUR T1 - Surgical trainees achieving the CanMEDS roles in the COVID-19 era: What have we learned and where do we go? JF - Canadian Journal of Surgery JO - CAN J SURG SP - E317 LP - E319 DO - 10.1503/cjs.005321 VL - 65 IS - 3 AU - Gary Ko AU - David Berger-Richardson AU - Savtaj Brar AU - David W. Lim AU - Tulin D. Cil Y1 - 2022/05/11 UR - http://canjsurg.ca/content/65/3/E317.abstract N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially changed the practice of medicine with a shift to virtual clinical encounters, alternative management of surgical diseases owing to restrictions on elective operations, and physician redeployment to other medical services requiring coverage. These changes may limit opportunities for trainees to gain surgical expertise and have the potential to drastically affect postgraduate surgical education. However, the pandemic has also created a number of opportunities to navigate these challenges and enhance how surgical education is delivered. For example, there are now more learning opportunities available to trainees because of virtual educational sessions. We highlight some considerations in adapting postgraduate surgical training to achieve competency in the CanMEDS roles in the COVID-19 era. ER -