| Sumario: | During the confinement due to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, the effectiveness of distance teaching of the basic principles of surgery was evaluated using the Virtual Learning Environment platform. A total of 209 fourth-year Veterinary Medicine students participated, and instruction was carried out asynchronously through forums, readings, and podcasts. Synchronous sessions were also held via video conferencing. To evaluate knowledge acquisition, a questionnaire was applied at the beginning of the course (week 1) and at the end (week 10) using the Google™ Forms platform. Students participated voluntarily and only their institutional email address was collected to link the initial and final questionnaires. The questionnaire questions covered different areas of knowledge: anesthesia (10 %), asepsis (20 %), hemostasis (10 %), delicate tissue handling (20 %), and suturing (40 %). In the initial questionnaire, the average score was 5 out of 10, while in the final, 8 out of 10. Using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, a significant difference (P < 0.0001) was found between the initial and final scores. The need to reinforce knowledge in the delicate handling of tissues and sutures was identified. These results indicate that this distance teaching model has the potential to improve the effectiveness of students’ self-learning in the basic principles of surgery.
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