The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical residency programmes in Italy: a nationwide analysis on behalf of the Italian Polyspecialistic Young Surgeons Society (SPIGC).

Davide PertileGaetano GalloFabio BarraAlessandro PasculliPaola BatistottiMarco SparavignaGiuseppe VizzielliDomenico SorieroGiusi GrazianoSalomone Di SaverioRoberto Luca MeniconiEleonora GuaitoliAndrea Mazzarrinull null

Published in: Updates in surgery (2020)

Our survey demonstrated that COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the educational programme of Italian surgical residents. Despite many regional differences, this survey highlighted the overall shortage of planning in the re-allocation of resources facing this unexpected health emergency.

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