Opportunities in the teaching of medical specialties, regarding influenza and COVID-19

• Published in: Gaceta médica de México Vol. 156; no. 4; pp. 321 - 327
• Main Authors: Reyna-Figueroa, Jesús, Bejarano-Juvera, Arely A, Arce-Salinas, César A, Martínez-Arredondo, Hilario, Lehmann-Mendoza, Rodolfo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Mexico 2020
• Subjects: Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - therapy; COVID-19; Education, Medical - methods; Humans; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - therapy; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - therapy; Specialization; Students, Medical; COVID-19; Medical specialties; Educación médica; Influenza; Pandemia; Medical education; Pandemic; Especialidades médicas
• ISSN: 0016-3813
• DOI: 10.24875/GMM.20000238

Medical specialties' teaching is an area of health systems that deserves special consideration in light of the lessons learned from influenza and COVID-19; educational programs and implementation of the training strategies that are used must be reevaluated, since the level of training of most specialty students does not allow to consider them as personnel who can face these global problems. The number of specialization courses has exponentially grown, and their main threat is the cancellation or partial execution of their academic programs as a consequence of not implementing functional operational strategies during a contingency.