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SynthesisSurgical endoscopy2023

Video-based coaching for surgical residents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ryan Daniel, Tyler McKechnie, Colin C Kruse, Marc Levin, Yung Lee, Aristithes G Doumouras, Dennis Hong, Cagla Eskicioglu

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Synthesis in Surgical endoscopy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ryan Daniel *Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Tyler McKechnie *Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Colin C KruseMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Marc LevinDivision of Head and Neck, Otolaryngology Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Yung LeeDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Aristithes G DoumourasDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Dennis HongDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Cagla EskiciogluDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada. eskicio@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3920-066X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVideo-based coaching (VBC) is used to supplement current teaching methods in surgical education and may be useful in competency-based frameworks. Whether VBC can effectively improve surgical skill in surgical residents has yet to be fully elucidated. The objective of this study is to compare surgical residents receiving and not receiving VBC in terms of technical surgical skill.

methodsThe following databases were searched from database inception to October 2021: Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and PubMed. Articles were included if they were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing surgical residents receiving and not receiving VBC. The primary outcome, as defined prior to data collection, was change in objective measures of technical surgical skill following implementation of either VBC or control. A pairwise meta-analyses using inverse variance random effects was performed. Standardized mean differences (SMD) were used as the primary outcome measure to account for differences in objective surgical skill evaluation tools.

resultsFrom 2734 citations, 11 RCTs with 157 residents receiving VBC and 141 residents receiving standard surgical teaching without VBC were included. There was no significant difference in post-coaching scores on objective surgical skill evaluation tools between groups (SMD 0.53, 95% CI 0.00 to 1.01, p = 0.05, I

conclusionVBC can improve objective surgical skills in surgical residents of various levels. The benefit may be most substantial for trainees with lower baseline levels of objective skill. Further studies are required to determine the impact of VBC on competency-based frameworks.

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Internship and ResidencyMentoringHumansMedical educationPatient care and procedural skillsPractice-based learning and improvementSurgical educationSurgical residencySurgical simulationVideo-based coaching

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PMID35739431
PMCPMC9225812

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