Home Surgical Skill Training Resources for Obstetrics and Gynecology Trainees During a Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a unique educational circumstance in which medical students, residents, and fellows find themselves with a gap in their surgical training. We reviewed the literature, and nine categories of resources were identified that may benefit trainees in preventing skill decay: laparoscopic box trainers, virtual reality trainers, homemade simulation models, video games, online surgical simulations, webinars, surgical videos, smartphone applications, and hobbies including mental imagery. We report data regarding effectiveness, limitations, skills incorporated, cost, accessibility, and feasibility. Although the cost and accessibility of these resources vary, they all may be considered in the design of remote surgical training curricula during this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corresponding author: Sarah Hoopes, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; email: sahoopes@houstonmethodist.org. Financial Disclosure The authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest. Each author has confirmed compliance with the journal's requirements for authorship. Peer reviews and author correspondence are available at http://links.lww.com/AOG/B888. Received April 10, 2020 Received in revised form April 17, 2020 Accepted April 22, 2020 © 2020 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.