Alvarado Bernard F y cols. COVID-19: en una Residencia Universitaria de Cirugía Plásꢁca. Rev Argent Cir 2022;114(3):242-252
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The iniꢁal drop in the volume of scheduled and considered when planning a possible soluꢁon.
surgeries, the cancellaꢁon of face-to-face educaꢁonal Our department has 7 residents and 1 fellow
acꢁviꢁes, and the need to reassign residents to in microsurgery, and all of them have experienced
support the hospital’s criꢁcal services, raised concerns a decrease in hands-on training and parꢁcipaꢁon in
about the feasibility of achieving the competencies surgery.
required to become a specialist as sꢁpulated in the
The division of our analysis under the premise
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residency program . Tradiꢁonal training in plasꢁc that each year of the residency program involves
surgery consists of technical skills, surgical decision- dealing with different condiꢁons, allows idenꢁfying
making and the necessary knowledge to provide safe the most affected aspects in each of them, highlighꢁng
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paꢁent care . Competence in these modaliꢁes is those cases where the minimum competencies were
ensured by requiring case minimums and oral and not achieved.
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wriꢃen examinaꢁons . In this regard, we quickly
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realized that the learning modality had changed and
implemented an online training program that included Conclusion
webinars and interdisciplinary virtual case conferences.
The conꢁngency plan also incorporated tutorials and
Based on the experience we have here
described, we can aꢇrm that there was a marked
hands-on training in the cadaveric laboratory.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on decrease in healthcare acꢁviꢁes at all the levels of the
surgical care, educaꢁon, training and teaching has residency program which should be compensated for
been enormous2
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. The cancellaꢁon of elecꢁve in the future. Idenꢁfying the deficit and segregaꢁng it
surgeries and restricꢁons to the presence of non- by type of procedure is an important step to prioriꢁze
essenꢁal personnel in the operaꢁng room affect and the areas that need to be supported. While the overall
will inevitably conꢁnue affecꢁng residents’ hands- reducꢁoninsurgeriesisabout60%,itwasgreaterinsome
on surgical experience, skills and number of cases, procedures as breast reconstrucꢁon, liposculpture,
thereby significantly disrupꢁng their training2
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.
rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and faceliꢄ surgery and
These unfavorable circumstances require creaꢁvity, should be corrected. Quanꢁfying this decline is a
flexibility and innovaꢁon. It is important to find new fundamental first step for developing a plan to reverse
models for providing educaꢁon, teaching and training this problem.
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in surgery . In Argenꢁna, the first step required to
The strategies implemented by our department
develop a plan to revert the deficit is to make a correct in the academic and healthcare areas during the
diagnosis of the situaꢁon. Hospital de Clínicas José de lockdown are elements that could be taken into account
San Marꢂn, as a university-based hospital of the UBA by other centers undergoing similar situaꢁons.
and locaꢁon of the specialist course, is an indicator of
This study describes a complex scenario with
how the pandemic has impacted on educaꢁon in the figures and suggests an approach to deal with it. Future
specialty. Quanꢁfying this impact is a fundamental studies are needed to determine the best strategies to
first step. Diꢇculꢁes are encountered throughout all address this problem. An interdisciplinary approach,
the educaꢁonal stages, from undergraduate training to creaꢁvity and the involvement of educaꢁonal
core residency programs, subspecialꢁes and fellowship authoriꢁes, in light of objecꢁve data illustraꢁng a
programs. Each of these stages has parꢁcular needs, complete picture, are probably some of the elements
obstacles and subtle differences that must be addressed necessary to find a soluꢁon.
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