Plastic Surgery Lockdown Learning during Coronavirus Disease 2019: Are Adaptations in Education Here to Stay?

Summary: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 has had a major impact on human life and livelihood The unprecedented challenges have expanded beyond just social and work life, and have grown to impact resident education In this article, we review the structure of plastic surgery education before the pandemic, the different online learning opportunities for self-directed learning A summary of the range of platforms and approaches of online remote access delivery of conferences and education that emerged or expanded as a result of the crisis has been reported This article highlighted the rapid initiatives and efforts of programs and national and international societies to support continuing medical education in conjunction with the guidelines to “shelter at home” and maintain social distancing, and possible future for expanding the reach of online academic initiatives, in addition to the role of developing virtual technologies The coronavirus disease 2019 crisis has created an opportunity to analyze and advance online learning options to overcome the associated challenges and continue as a reliable platform even following the resolution of the social distancing requirements Published online 27 July 2020 Received for publication May 20, 2020;accepted June 30, 2020 Disclosure: The authors have no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this article Ankur Khajuria, MD, MSc (Oxon ) Department of Surgery and Cancer Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ E-mail: ankur khajuria09@imperial ac uk This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4 0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal Copyright © 2020 The Authors Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons All rights reserved