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El feedback (retroalimentación) y la evaluación que contempla esferas profesionales y personales, con
se realizan en forma habitual al finalizar cada una de las el fin de realizar cambios dinámicos en las disꢀntas fa-
rotacionesdelasespecialidades.Dadoqueestashansido ses de la pandemia.
temporalmente suspendidas para dar lugar al modelo
de trabajo en grupos, se implementaron evaluaciones
semanales al finalizar la semana de trabajo. Se efectua- Conclusión
ron a través de teleconferencia en conjunto con los Je-
fes de Residentes y los Supervisores Docentes, sin detri-
La pandemia por COVID-19 es una situación
mento del habitual feedback en el contexto asistencial. extraordinaria que requiere una reestructuración de
La retroalimentación de las devoluciones que los programas de formación de médicos residentes con
los residentes puedan hacer acerca los cambios instau- el objeꢀvo de mantener su conꢀnuidad, asegurando la
rados ꢀene un valor agregado a las evaluaciones coꢀ- calidad formaꢀva acorde con los estándares habituales
dianas, por lo que, al finalizar cada semana de trabajo, pero, a su vez, priorizando la seguridad de los residen-
se lleva a cabo una reunión entre el grupo y el Jefe de tes al minimizar el riesgo de exposición durante desa-
Residentes. Mediante este canal de comunicación, los rrollo de las acꢀvidades presenciales. Las estrategias
residentes pueden transmiꢀr inquietudes y realizar su- generadas en nuestro Servicio y presentadas en este
gerencias. A su vez, el plantel docente encargado del arꢁculo, tanto en la esfera asistencial como en la aca-
Programa de Residencia de Cirugía General del HIBA démica, podrían ser de uꢀlidad en otros medios uni-
está a punto de lanzar una encuesta sobre todos estos versitarios de la región que se encuentren atravesando
cambios impuestos transitoriamente en el programa, situaciones similares.
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ENGLISH VERSION
Introducꢁon
within the hospital seꢄng and to comply with social
distancing, outpaꢀent consultaꢀons went from their
The pandemic caused by the new disease face-to-face form to a telemedicine format, using a
called COVID-19 affects global health systems at virtual plaꢅorm developed by HIBA. This was already in
different levels. One of the most sensiꢀve issues of the pracꢀce before the start of the pandemic and had been
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pandemic is how it affects health professionals. Reports used successfully during the 2019 flu season .
from Europe and the United States warn of percentages
A funcꢀonal division was organized in all the
of infecꢀon of health professionals reaching as much areas of medical care: emergencies, hospitalizaꢀon
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as 20% of all the infected individuals . Physicians in rooms, diagnosꢀc imaging, intensive care, coronary
training are a populaꢀon at risk of exposure to the virus unit and operaꢀng theaters. In this way, a completely
and, in turn, present educaꢀonal needs to meet the independent circuit was created for paꢀents confirmed
goals sꢀpulated in their training programs.
or suspected of COVID-19, and isolated from the rest of
To date, there is liꢃle scienꢀfic evidence on the the paꢀents, opꢀmizing the use of material resources
most appropriate strategies to solve the educaꢀonal and minimizing the risks of in-hospital transmission.
problems posed by this health emergency. On the other
The University Center for Simulaꢀon-Based
hand, it is a great challenge and a priority to conꢀnue Educaꢀon (CUESIM) was in charge of instrucꢀng medical
with surgical training programs, in an environment that and non-medical personnel on the use of Personal
guarantees biosecurity. In this context, the General Protecꢀve Equipment, through face-to-face courses for
Surgery Service of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos small groups and through the creaꢀon of insꢀtuꢀonal
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Aires (HIBA) has made modificaꢀons to its tradiꢀonal videos . With regard to the in-hospital epidemiological
procedures, adapted to the training needs of its situaꢀon, a summary of the current status is prepared
resident doctors but focused on its safety.
and delivered daily, lisꢀng - for both paꢀents and staff
The objecꢀve of this work is to describe the working in the hospital - those confirmed cases of
changes introduced within the HIBA General Surgery COVID-19 infecꢀon in relaꢀon to the amount of tests
Residency Program, prioriꢀzing the safety of human carried out (Fig. 1).
resources and maintaining the quality of conꢀnuous
and supervised medical educaꢀon.
As of May 12, 2020, with 14,300 workers, our
hospital had 551 people licensed linked to COVID-19
due to recent travel, risk factors, pregnancy, parental
care, or having been in close contact. Of the total, 29
workers have been tested posiꢀve for COVID-19, which
represents less than 0.3% of the staff. Sixteen were
a. Insꢁtuꢁonal changes
From the day the mandatory quaranꢀne discharged from hospital and remain in prevenꢀve
was decreed, the surgical acꢀvity was reduced to a isolaꢀon. Another 11 have already been readmiꢃed to
minimum of procedures, i.e. emergency surgeries and work and 2 are sꢀll hospitalized in good condiꢀon and
non-deferrable cancer cases. To avoid people gathering with a favorable evoluꢀon.