Background:

due to COVID-19, many medical schools implemented new study plans for the training of resident physicians, which somehow affected their training process as specialists.

Objective:

to compare the satisfaction of Neonatology residents about the specialization program and the impact on their training before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods:

a descriptive research with a quantitative approach was carried out at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in 2022. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, inductive-deductive and historical-logical; empirical ones: questionnaire to neonatologists graduated from 2019 to 2022; and mathematical-statistical for the analysis of data found.

Results:

64 questionnaires were analyzed in which figures were delimited in both periods: before and during COVID-19, the average age of the study groups was 38 and 37 years, respectively; 54.8% and 69.7% were women, satisfaction was 100% and 84.8% (p=0.05), and the impact on the effect of their social functions was favorable in 96.8% and 75.8% (p=0.03). Tutors did not promoted a favorable work environment and professional training with ethics, and during the pandemic the impact on their training decreased moderately on their performance and professional prestige.

Conclusions:

the comparison made showed very good satisfaction in the training of the specialty before the pandemic, but not during the disease, according to the perception of those sampled, who considered that the activities of the academic year were not carried out on the basis of a study plan.

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