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ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2021

Implementation and evaluation of eight virtual surgical electives for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brian Pettitt-Schieber, Marissa Kuo, Andrew Steehler, Andy Dong, Omolola Fakunle, Tad Manalo, Oblaise Mercury, Francis Simpson, Ndéye Guissé, Matthew Studer and 8 more

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Article in American journal of surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  7. The silver lining of the pandemic in surgical education: virtual surgical education and recommendations for best practices.Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Brian Pettitt-SchieberSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Marissa KuoSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Andrew SteehlerSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Andy DongSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Omolola FakunleSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Tad ManaloSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Oblaise MercurySchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Francis SimpsonSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Ndéye GuisséSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Matthew StuderSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Marie-Veronique PoirierSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Brandon PhilbrickSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Zachary GradySchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Michelle HigginsSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Lindsay GalloSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Dora DankoSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Reem DawoudSchool of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Barbara PettittSchool of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Emory University, USA. Electronic address: barbara.pettitt@emory.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEight novel virtual surgery electives (VSEs) were developed and implemented in April-May 2020 for medical students forced to continue their education remotely due to COVID-19.

methodsEach VSE was 1-2 weeks long, contained specialty-specific course objectives, and included a variety of teaching modalities. Students completed a post-course survey to assess changes in their interest and understanding of the specialty. Quantitative methods were employed to analyze the results.

resultsEighty-three students participated in the electives and 67 (80.7%) completed the post-course survey. Forty-six (68.7%) respondents reported "increased" or "greatly increased" interest in the course specialty completed. Survey respondents' post-course understanding of each specialty increased by a statistically significant amount (p-value = <0.0001).

conclusionThis initial effort demonstrated that VSEs can be an effective tool for increasing medical students' interest in and understanding of surgical specialties. They should be studied further with more rigorous methods in a larger population.

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Career ChoiceCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19CurriculumEducational MeasurementEducation, DistanceEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansLearningPandemicsProgram EvaluationSmartphoneSpecialties, SurgicalStudents, MedicalVideoconferencingCOVID-19Medical student educationRemote learningVirtual education

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PMID33558060
PMCPMC7857999

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