Advancing pre-clinical surgical education by using intuitive short videos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ever-expanding field of surgery requires novel tools to teach surgical pathologies and their management. Basic knowledge must already be acquired on a pre-graduate level at medical school. The SARS-CoV-19 pandemic has pushed students to explore digital online platforms to complement their medical education. This study aimed to assess the utility of short educational videos and the importance of digital learning methods to teach abdominal surgery.

Methods

A literature review was performed for a thorough understanding of educational videos. Short videos were then created covering different topics of abdominal surgery. To evaluate the utility of such videos, three consecutive cohorts of medical students were compared. The first cohort comprised students studying

SUBMITTER: Perrin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869550 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature