Can surgical skills be taught using technological advances online? A comparative study of online and face-to-face surgical skills training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Online teaching has rapidly emerged as a viable alternative to traditional face-to-face education. How to teach surgical skills in the online environment, however, has not yet been fully established nor evaluated.

Methods

An international 1-day online surgical skills course consisting of lectures, pre-recorded virtual workshops, live demonstrations and along with surgical skills teaching in breakout rooms was organised. Based on existing learning theories, new methods were developed to deliver skills teaching online. Simultaneously, traditional in-person surgical skills teaching was also conducted and used as a benchmark. Skills development was assessed by trained demonstrators and self-reported competency scores were compared between the online and face-to-face

SUBMITTER: Fehervari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature