The Impact of COVID-19 on European Health Care and Urology Trainees

Karl H Pang; Diego M Carrion; Juan Gomez Rivas; Guglielmo Mantica; Angelika Mattigk; Benjamin Pradere; Francesco Esperto; European Society of Residents in Urology

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.04.042

The Impact of COVID-19 on European Health Care and Urology Trainees

Eur Urol. 2020 Jul;78(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.04.042. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Karl H Pang¹, Diego M Carrion², Juan Gomez Rivas², Guglielmo Mantica³, Angelika Mattigk⁴, Benjamin Pradere⁵, Francesco Esperto⁶; European Society of Residents in Urology

Affiliations

¹ Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Electronic address: karlpang@doctors.org.uk.
² Department of Urology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
³ Department of Urology, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
⁴ Department of Urology, Ulm University Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, CHRU Tours, Francois Rabelais University, Tours, France.
⁶ Department of Urology, Campus Biomedico, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had rapid and inevitable effects on health care systems and the training and work plans of urology residents. Smart learning is a valuable strategy for maintaining the learning curve of residents.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Education, Medical, Graduate / methods*
Europe
Faculty, Medical*
Humans
Internship and Residency / methods*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urology / education*