Training strategies during the covid-19 pandemic in a university hospital Section: ArtículoEspecial How to quote Revuelta-Zamorano M, Vargas-Núñez JA, de Andrés-Gimeno B, Escudero-Gómez C, Rull-Bravo PE, Sánchez-Herrero H, et al. Estrategias de formación durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en un hospital universitario. Metas Enferm oct 2021; 24(8):16-25. Doi: https://doi.org/ 10.35667/MetasEnf.2021.24.1003081815 AuthorsManuel Revuelta-Zamorano1, Juan Antonio Vargas-Núñez2, Begoña de Andrés-Gimeno3, Cristina Escudero-Gómez4, Pablo Emilio Rull-Bravo5, Héctor Sánchez-Herrero6, María del Mar Esteve- Ávila7, Montserrat Solís-Muñoz8 Position 1 Máster en Investigación en Cuidados. Formación Continuada. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Grupo de Investigación en Enfermería y Cuidados de Salud, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid 2 Doctor por la Universidad Autónoma. Comisión de Docencia. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Grupo de Investigación de Medicina Interna, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid 3 Máster en Alta Dirección de Servicios de Salud y Gestión Empresarial. Subdirección de Enfermería. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Grupo de Investigación en Enfermería y Cuidados de Salud, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid4 Licenciada. Responsable de la Unidad de Biblioteca. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Madrid 5 Máster en Bioética. Formación Continuada. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Madrid 6 Máster en Salud Pública. Unidad de Investigación en Cuidados. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Grupo de Investigación en Enfermería y Cuidados de Salud, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid 7 Máster en Investigación en Ciencias de la Enfermería. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Madrid 8 Doctora por la Universidad Complutense. Unidad de Investigación en Cuidados. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). Grupo de Investigación en Enfermería y Cuidados de Salud, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid Contact address Manuel Revuelta Zamorano. C/ Joaquín Rodrigo, 2. 28222 Majadahonda (Madrid) Contact email: manuel.revuelta@salud.madrid.org Abstract The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in March, 2020. This created a health emergency with impact upon all aspects of management, training, and care in hospitals. The pandemic represented a challenge for the training of healthcare professionals, who were forced to acquire knowledge fast and effectively in order to plan, act, and make decisions about the diagnosis and treatment of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. Traditional training was adapted to the pandemic setting, taking into account the compulsory safety distance and the demand for short-duration effective training, with contents changing within a short time. In this context, the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda (Madrid, Spain) implemented a strategy for digital training based on the creation and publication of educational pills through a mobile application developed by the Continuation Training Unit (Formación SanidadMadrid App). During the pandemic, 24 educational pills were created, produced and published through the app, in three forms: short-duration video, access to websites with updated information, and brief documents on procedures. The design of the educational pills was based on these teaching-learning methods: mobile learning and microlearning, considered useful and effective tools to give an answer to training needs in a university hospital when faced with a health emergency, given their wide acceptance by healthcare professionals. Keywords: mobile phone; tablets; mobile applications; computer-assisted training; learning; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic Versión en Español Título: Estrategias de formación durante la pandemia por covid-19 en un hospital universitario Artículo completo no disponible en este idioma / Full article is not available in this language Bibliography World Health Organization (WHO). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [internet]. WHO; 2020 [citado 6 sep 2021]. 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