Webinars in plastic and reconstructive surgery training - a review of the current landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stephen R Ali, Thomas D. Dobbs, Iain S. Whitaker
Abstract
How many times have we heard these words in this time? Too many. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely disrupted our normal surgical and clinical routine. In these days, many colleagues of whatever specialty are regularly employed by their hospitals to face COVID-19 emergency in Italy, Europe and worldwide. We are not plastic surgeons anymore. Many of us feel lost, unprepared and inadequate for such an emergency. Here in Bergamo, the centre of the Italian epidemic, we felt small and incompetent at the beginning. 1 However, we must remember that first of all we are doctors, then plastic surgeons. In these weeks we are putting our willingness at the service of our patients and colleagues.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Current (fluid)MedicineVirologyEngineeringOutbreakDiseasePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Electrical engineeringCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsDiversity and Career in MedicineGlobal Health and Surgery