Observational studyBMC anesthesiology2020
Objective validation of YouTube™ educational videos for the instruction of regional anesthesia nerve blocks: a novel approach.
Observational study in BMC anesthesiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05290974 (Comparison Between Self-directed Online Educational Material and Conventional Teaching in Acquiring Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Skills for Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block by Novice Performers), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison Between Self-directed Online Educational Material and Conventional Teaching in Acquiring Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Skills for Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block by Novice Performers
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- YouTube as a source of education in perioperative anesthesia for patients and trainees: a systematic review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Pooled it
- Views vs. reliability : a cross-sectional analysis of reliability and risk discussion in YouTube anesthesia videos.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the educational quality of YouTube videos on celiac plexus blocks: Expert review and AI-based evaluation.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
- Learning curve of ultrasound-guided surgeon-administered transversus abdominis plane (UGSA-TAP) block on a porcine model.Heliyon · 2024Article
- YouTube Educational Videos for Peripheral Block Learning and Application: A Survey of Turkish Anesthesiologists; How Successful.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2023Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Practical Review for Acute Cancer-Related Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Reliability and Quality of YouTube Videos on Ultrasound-Guided Brachial Plexus Block: A Programmatical Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) in the emergency department: a scoping review.Pain managementArticle
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Abstract
backgroundYouTube™ ("YouTube") is often used as an educational tool to instruct anesthesia providers on regional anesthesia nerve blocks. However, there is no current objective standard to assess the educational quality of these user-uploaded videos. A new approach was used to objectively validate these videos by comparing them to high quality educational sources for the seven most commonly used nerve blocks.
objectiveWe sought to evaluate the educational quality of user-uploaded videos when compared to the highest quality anesthesia society websites (NYSORA, ACEP, USRA).
methodsAfter reviewing the instructional material available for the seven most frequently conducted nerve blocks on high-quality reference websites, we documented the educational characteristics present including such things as indications, volume, anatomy, etc. Next we reviewed the five most popular videos on YouTube for each block (by views) and documented the presence or absence of these educational characteristics.
resultsEighteen educational characteristics were documented in the "high-quality" anesthesia society reference material. Correlation was sought between this material and YouTube videos. Although there were varying degrees of correlation between the high quality sources and the videos, rarely did YouTube videos contain as high a percentage of these educational characteristics as the well-established sources. Some videos contained very few of these important educational characteristics.
conclusionAlthough YouTube has been used an educational tool, we recommend that only high quality sources be used to teach or illustrate regional anesthesia nerve blocks.
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