ArticleBMC surgery2021
Development of a tailor-made surgical online learning platform, ensuring surgical education in times of the COVID19 pandemic.
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- vSEMERA: pilot project assessing health profession students' experiences in an international virtual research program.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Undergraduate Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward.Advances in medical education and practice · 2023Review
- A Systematic Review of the Medical Student Feedback on Undergraduate Surgical Education During the Pandemic.Cureus · 2022Review
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- Effect of an endodontic e-learning application on students' performance during their first root canal treatment on real patients: a pilot study.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Flipped classrooms in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings and future research recommendations.International journal of educational technology in higher education · 2022Review
- Surgical Learning: A Survey to Evaluate How Ophthalmologists Learn New Surgical Techniques.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDuring the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the quality of surgical education experiences sudden major restrictions. Students' presence in the operating theater and on wards is reduced to a bare minimum and face-to-face teaching is diminished. Aim of this study was therefore to evaluate alternative but feasible educational concepts, such as an online-only-platform for undergraduates.
objectiveA new online platform for undergraduate surgical education was implemented. A virtual curriculum for online-only education was designed.
methodsA video-based online platform was designed. Following this, a cohort of medical students participating in a (voluntary) surgical course was randomized into a test and control group. Prior to conducting a written exam, students in the test group prepared using the video platform. Students in the control group prepared with standard surgical text books. Results of the exam were used to compare educational means.
resultsStudents in the test group preparing through the video-based online platform reached significantly higher scores in the written exams (p = 0.0001) than students of the control group. A trend towards reduced preparation time that did not reach statistical significance was detectable in the test group (p = 0.090). Scores of "perceived workload" and "desire to become a surgeon" offered no differences between the groups. (p = 0.474 and 1.000).
conclusionsAn online-only, virtual curriculum proved feasible for surgical education in undergraduates. While blended learning concepts were applied in both groups, only the test group had access to case-based videos of surgical procedures and scored significantly better in the written exams. Thus, video-based virtual education offers a realistic alternative to face-to-face teaching or conventional text books in times of restricted access to the operating theatre.
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