Distance Learning in Surgical Education.
Distance learning
Medical education
Surgical education
Telehealth
Virtual learning
Journal
Current surgery reports
ISSN: 2167-4817
Titre abrégé: Curr Surg Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101610691
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
accepted:
19
06
2021
entrez:
16
8
2021
pubmed:
17
8
2021
medline:
17
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Medical education has traditionally relied on in-person-based curriculums in medical school and residency . However, due to the COVID19 pandemic, medical schools and residency programs have been forced to rapidly transition to virtual platforms for learning. Surgical education poses a particular challenge, as virtual platforms cannot adequately replace hands-on learning of surgical skills. In this review, we will discuss the various ways in which virtual learning has been employed in surgical education and how it may be used to enhance learning of medical students and residents in the future. We conducted a comprehensive literature search to identify articles published regarding medical school and surgical residency curriculum changes after COVID19. Over the past year, several surgery departments have piloted programs using virtual learning modules, live online lectures and training workshops, and remote streaming into the OR to supplement more traditional in-person learning. Overall, these programs have received positive feedback from participating medical students and residents, suggesting that virtual and online tools may be helpful in supplementing surgical education. However, several programs also noted the possibility for significant disparities in learning due to variable access to internet and availability of newer technologies. Going forward, distance learning will play an important role in surgical education to further enhance learning of medical students and residents in a field with rapid technological advancements.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Medical education has traditionally relied on in-person-based curriculums in medical school and residency . However, due to the COVID19 pandemic, medical schools and residency programs have been forced to rapidly transition to virtual platforms for learning. Surgical education poses a particular challenge, as virtual platforms cannot adequately replace hands-on learning of surgical skills. In this review, we will discuss the various ways in which virtual learning has been employed in surgical education and how it may be used to enhance learning of medical students and residents in the future.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a comprehensive literature search to identify articles published regarding medical school and surgical residency curriculum changes after COVID19.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Over the past year, several surgery departments have piloted programs using virtual learning modules, live online lectures and training workshops, and remote streaming into the OR to supplement more traditional in-person learning. Overall, these programs have received positive feedback from participating medical students and residents, suggesting that virtual and online tools may be helpful in supplementing surgical education. However, several programs also noted the possibility for significant disparities in learning due to variable access to internet and availability of newer technologies.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Going forward, distance learning will play an important role in surgical education to further enhance learning of medical students and residents in a field with rapid technological advancements.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34395060
doi: 10.1007/s40137-021-00300-x
pii: 300
pmc: PMC8350915
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
23Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of InterestThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
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