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More than a year has passed, and the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the routine of health professionals within hospitals around the world, pushing them to their limits. Fortunately, most patients have mild to moderate symptoms, but those with a severe COVID-19 infection remain a challenge to the healthcare team that assists them1,2,3. With healthcare professi...

Laparoscopy (also known as minimally invasive surgery) is a surgical procedure on which an operation in the abdomen or pelvis is performed through a small incision with a laparoscope (and a long, thin tube with a high-intensity light and a high-resolution camera at the front). The main benefits of this surgical technique are: Shorter hospital stay and faster recovery ti...

Procedural Skills are a complete set of specific physical skills that are required by a person or a team to accomplish their task. Procedures are an integrated part of medicine practicing1. The key aspect of having the competence of practical procedures is to deliver it efficiently and safely to patients2. Healthcare students are expected to reach proficiency in perform...

The famous French microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur once said, “Fortune favors the prepared mind.” While it’s a quote that holds in all walks of life, from academics to sports, it seems entirely fitting that it came from someone active in the medical field. Few professions demand preparation like healthcare, nor are the consequences of success and failure quite so...