Impact of COVID-19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis

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Impact of COVID‑19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis Stavros Gravas1   · Mumtaz Ahmad2 · Andrés Hernández‑Porras3 · Frederico Furriel4 · Mario Alvarez‑Maestro5 · Anant Kumar6 · Kyu‑Sung Lee7 · Evaristus Azodoh8,9 · Patrick Mburugu10 · Rafael Sanchez‑Salas11 · Damien Bolton12 · Reynaldo Gomez13 · Laurence Klotz14 · Sanjay Kulkarni15 · Simon Tanguay16 · Sean Elliott17 · Jean de la Rosette18 on behalf of the Office of Education and SIU Board of Directors Received: 2 June 2020 / Accepted: 14 August 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Purpose  To determine how members of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) are continuing their education in the time of COVID-19. Methods  A survey was disseminated amongst SIU members worldwide by email. Results were analyzed to examine the influence of age, practice region and settings on continuing medical education (CME) of the respondents. Results  In total, 2494 respondents completed the survey. Internet searching was the most common method of CME (76%; all ps