Thyroid surgery YouTube videos: estimating quality by surgeon characteristics and view rate.
Thyroid
YouTube
surgery
videos
Journal
Gland surgery
ISSN: 2227-684X
Titre abrégé: Gland Surg
Pays: China (Republic : 1949- )
ID NLM: 101606638
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
entrez:
23
7
2019
pubmed:
23
7
2019
medline:
23
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
With readily available material online we aimed: (I) to estimate the volume of thyroid surgery-related video content readily available to the surgical trainee; (II) to stratify the sources of thyroid surgery-related video content by source (patient, institution, surgeon, or other) and (III) to estimate the quality of the surgeon source by related scholarly output. A search of YouTube, a widely used source of open-access video content, was undertaken using "thyroidectomy" as the search term. The first 100 "hits" were analyzed for source. When the video was surgeon-sourced, the surgeon's name was used in a PubMed author query for "thyroidectomy" and publications noted. Approximately 7,260 videos were returned using "thyroidectomy" as the search term. The first 100 "hits" were stratified by source, assuming the typical surgical trainee would not delve further into the list. The sources were primarily surgeons, followed by patient testimonials, and institutions. The surgeons were stratified by related publications listed in PubMed. The majority of surgeons were not published in thyroid surgery-related topics. Internet video content is an increasingly utilized source of surgical education. Since video content can be posted without peer review or confirmation of veracity, this study measures the variety of sources of thyroid surgery information. Individuals without thyroid surgery publication history posted the majority of surgeon-sourced video content, although this history serves only as a surrogate for an academic career. Trainees and educators alike should critically analyze the quality of video content.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
With readily available material online we aimed: (I) to estimate the volume of thyroid surgery-related video content readily available to the surgical trainee; (II) to stratify the sources of thyroid surgery-related video content by source (patient, institution, surgeon, or other) and (III) to estimate the quality of the surgeon source by related scholarly output.
METHODS
METHODS
A search of YouTube, a widely used source of open-access video content, was undertaken using "thyroidectomy" as the search term. The first 100 "hits" were analyzed for source. When the video was surgeon-sourced, the surgeon's name was used in a PubMed author query for "thyroidectomy" and publications noted.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Approximately 7,260 videos were returned using "thyroidectomy" as the search term. The first 100 "hits" were stratified by source, assuming the typical surgical trainee would not delve further into the list. The sources were primarily surgeons, followed by patient testimonials, and institutions. The surgeons were stratified by related publications listed in PubMed. The majority of surgeons were not published in thyroid surgery-related topics.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Internet video content is an increasingly utilized source of surgical education. Since video content can be posted without peer review or confirmation of veracity, this study measures the variety of sources of thyroid surgery information. Individuals without thyroid surgery publication history posted the majority of surgeon-sourced video content, although this history serves only as a surrogate for an academic career. Trainees and educators alike should critically analyze the quality of video content.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31328098
doi: 10.21037/gs.2018.10.01
pii: gs-08-03-207
pmc: PMC6606480
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
207-211Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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