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Since several cases of pneumonia were reported in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China) in December 2019 [1], the unexpected novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly affected the world in a variety of ways, including health and economic issues. The newly confirmed infected patients with coronavirus-19 currently (as of June 20, 2020) has been reported to be 8,525,042, and 456,973 patients are succumbed estimating mortality rate of 5.35% (range, 0%–27.3%) [2]. Some countries have reported the end of infectious diseases, but new cases of novel COVID-19 infection continue to increase in most Asians, Europe, the United States, South America, and Africa. A high degree of infectivity of COVID-19 and relatively high mortality in patients with underlying comorbidity are well recognized [3]. Human-to-human transmission occurs through direct transmission, contact transmission, and aerosols of infected droplet [4]. Therefore, strict policy for reducing the chance of personal contact (guidelines for distancing in daily life [5]) has been proposed to prevent the spread of infection. The novel COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by its high infectivity, also has a significant impact on the medical education system. Concerning about the outbreak of group infections, schools have delayed their opening of the new semester more than ever, and currently, most of them are conducting online lectures and very limited practice, raising the voice of concern about the inefficiency and deterioration of medical education. In particular, from the viewpoint of surgical education, basic surgical skills are as important as medical knowledge. In the present situation where face-to-face lectures are not being conducted, surgical education cannot be fruitful and dynamic. The students will not have a proper chance of surgical skill practice nor appropriate real-time feedback on their practice. Therefore, it is considered important to develop the systematic non-face-to-face education system for proper basic surgical skill education in the novel COVID-19 pandemic moment.

Non-face-to-face basic surgical skill education in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: obstacle vs. opportunity?