Perceptions of a virtual education platform: how plastic surgery education has progressed during the COVID-19 pandemic at one academic institution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To continue education during the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented a Virtual Education Platform (VEP) and Virtual Visiting Professorship (VVP) in March 2020 into our plastic surgery residency curriculum. This study investigated resident and guest speaker perceptions of the VEP since the start of the pandemic.

Methods

The VEP consists of weekly VVP lectures and usual conferences held over Zoom. In May 2020, residents and speakers completed surveys that assessed the perceptions of the VEP using a 5-point Likert scale and open-ended responses. In August 2021, residents also completed follow-up surveys.

Results

A total of 19 (100%) residents and 10 (100%) speakers responded to the 2020 surveys and 15 (88.2%) residents responded to the 2021 follow-up survey. Spe

SUBMITTER: Song S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537510 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature