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INTRODUCTION: The SARS-COV-2 pandemic has affected training opportunities for healthcare professionals partly because face to face courses were cancelled. This study analiyzes the results of participation and satisfaction of the AEC Virtual Classroom sessions during the first yearMethods: The AEC Virtual Classroom includes a combined format of weekly webinar broadcast live that can be viewed on a delayed basis in a virtual platform. In this study, the results in its first year are evaluated considering the number of live participants, the delayed views and the global reach; as well as the results of the satisfaction survey in each of the sessions (0-10)Results: From 16/04/2020 to 15/04/2021, 50 sessions of the Virtual Classroom AEC were held. The average scope of the sessions was 509±288 views with a range between 196 and 149. At the times of highest incidence of cases during the pandemic, a decrease in live participants was observed 275±135 vs 391±233 (p=0,032) The mean score on the format was 8,46± 0,31/10. The best-scored sessions were those of the subject related to coloproctology with a statistically significant difference in the mean score 8,79±0,42 vs 8,39±0,27 (p=0,035). 90% of users considered the sessions useful. 97,2% of respondents believe that the sessions should be maintained after the pandemic. CONCLUSION: The AEC virtual Classroom has had a very good results in the first year, proving to be a useful surgical teaching tool that will foreseeably survive once the pandemic is over.
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On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making.