ISSN: 1948-5964
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Department of General Surgery, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Campus Monterrey, Hospital Zambrano-Hellion, Batallón San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
Research Article
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexican Residency Programs: Implications and Experiences for the Continuing Professional Development of Residents
Author(s): Irving Armando Domínguez-Varela*, Alejandra Celina Esparza-Sandoval, Irving Augusto Palomares-Ramos, María José García-Madrigal and Jorge Eugenio Valdez-García
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the way to evaluate and teach residents, fellows, and medical students by means of new demanding learning modalities and alternatives to leverage from this new lifestyle without affecting our training as medical specialists.
As of November, 09 2021, the number of confirmed cases and deaths by COVID-19 both in Mexico and around the world has been continuously growing (3,834,815 and 290,374 vs. 252,111,221 and 5,087,996, respectively). Mexico registers the world’s highest number of deaths from coronavirus among health workers, with 1,320 deaths confirmed... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/1948-5964-22.14.228