Introduction

In the traditional education model, teacher gives classes in a classroom while the student listens. The COVID-19 pandemic affected training, thus applying online education.

Objective

Understand and describe the perception of family medicine residents who experienced distance education in the COVID-19 pandemic in a UMF of the IMSS Jalisco.

Method

An interview with five questions about knowledge and skills in Information technology (IT) was applied to family medicine residents.

Results

The limitations of distance education are recognized: loss of interest and motivation, inability in surgical or practical specialties, extreme fatigue, difficulties in using ICT, loss of dynamism, distraction, thoughts of lack of use, decreased feedback from the doctor´s teaching and interest in academic activities, poor or no internet connection, inadequate spaces for classes.

Conclusions

The perception of doctors in postgraduate training about distance education was deficient regarding the management of digital didactic and pedagogical tools, technical failures, information saturation perceived by doctors in postgraduate training and misinterpretation of data.