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ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2022

Perceptions and behaviors of learner engagement with virtual educational platforms.

K J Dickinson, K E Caldwell, E A Graviss, D T Nguyen, M M Awad, J Olasky, S Tan, J H Winer, K Y Pei, ASE Educational Technology Committee

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  1. 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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K J DickinsonDepartment of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Office of Interprofessional Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. Electronic address: kjdickinson@uams.edu.
K E CaldwellDepartment of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
E A GravissDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
D T NguyenDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
M M AwadDepartment of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
J OlaskyDepartment of Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA.
S TanDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA.
J H WinerDepartment of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
K Y PeiDepartment of Graduate Medical Education, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.
ASE Educational Technology Committee

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Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased utilization of educational technology for surgical education. Our aim was to determine attitudes and behaviors of surgical education champions towards virtual educational platforms and learner engagement.

methodsAn electronic survey was distributed to all Association of Surgical Education members addressing i) methods of engagement in virtual learning ii) ways to improve engagement and iii) what influences engagement. Stratified analysis was used to evaluate differences in responses by age, gender, level of training and specialty.

results154 ASE members completed the survey (13% response rate). 88% respondents accessed virtual learning events at home. Most (87%) had joined a virtual learning event and then participated in another activity. 1 in 5 who did this did so "always" or "often". Female respondents were more likely than males to join audio and then participate in another activity (62.3% v 37.7%, p = 0.04).

conclusionsVirtual platforms do not automatically translate into increased learner engagement. Careful design of educational strategies is essential to increase and maintain learner engagement when utilizing virtual surgical education.

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COVID-19PandemicsFemaleHumansLearningMale

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