Journal article
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis
S Gravas, M Ahmad, A Hernández-Porras, F Furriel, M Alvarez-Maestro, A Kumar, KS Lee, E Azodoh, P Mburugu, R Sanchez-Salas, D Bolton, R Gomez, L Klotz, S Kulkarni, S Tanguay, S Elliott, J de la Rosette
World Journal of Urology | SPRINGER | Published : 2020
Abstract
Purpose: To determine how members of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) are continuing their education in the time of COVID-19. Methods: A survey was disseminated amongst SIU members worldwide by email. Results were analyzed to examine the influence of age, practice region and settings on continuing medical education (CME) of the respondents. Results: In total, 2494 respondents completed the survey. Internet searching was the most common method of CME (76%; all ps < 0.001), followed by searching journals and textbook including the online versions (62%; all ps < 0.001). Overall, 6% of the respondents reported no time/interest for CME during the pandemic. Although most urologists repo..
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