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cord-326657-zzvmj5qy	James, Dr Hannah K.	Disruption to surgical training during Covid-19 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australasia: a rapid review of impact and mitigation efforts	2020-06-25		.txt	text/plain	2322	125	40	A rapid scoping review was undertaken of the publically available published pandemic-related web literature from the surgical training bodies of five large English-speaking countries; United States(7), United Kingdom(8-10), Canada(11), Australia and New Zealand (Australasia)(12). The American College of Surgeons (17) and Ministry of Health (18) has recommended reduction of elective surgical activity in the US and Canada respectively, but this mandate is to be implemented regionally based on local healthcare need. The current surgical training operational status and mitigation measures by country are presented against five key domains of activity; 1) recruitment and selection into residency programmes, 2) board examinations, 3) assessment, progression and certification within residency, 4) resident operating privileges and 5) didactics (table 2) . The principle challenges for surgical education bodies in a rapidly evolving pandemic are to safeguard residents whilst minimising disruption to training in the short term and to continue to recruit, assess and certify residents to ensure the supply of high-calibre surgeons in the long term.	./cache/cord-326657-zzvmj5qy.txt	./txt/cord-326657-zzvmj5qy.txt