Educational technology: revolutionizing surgical education

DeLacy, F. Borja; Nehme, Jean; Lacy, Antonio M.; Chand, Manish

doi:10.12968/hmed.2017.78.8.426

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“…The next most cited advantage was opportunities for collaboration 180 (28%, n = 79), including greater communication and interaction with doctors from different geographic locations (e.g., international experts), 39 - 41 , 43 , 47 - 49 , 55 , 56 , 58 , 63 , 65 , 66 , 69 , 71 , 75 , 82 , 85 , 92 , 96 , 99 - 101 , 103 , 105 - 107 , 109 , 110 , 112 , 113 , 118 , 125 , 128 , 130 , 131 , 136 , 140 , 146 , 149 , 151 , 159 , 161 , 165 , 167 , 176 - 179 , 181 - 196 allowing for greater diversity of learners and disciplines; 8 , 41 , 43 , 63 , 65 , 76 , 84 , 90 , 95 , 103 , 105 , ...…”

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On the advantages and disadvantages of virtual continuing medical education: a scoping review

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Introduction: With the COVID-19 pandemic, most continuing medical education activities became virtual (VCME). The authors conducted a scoping review to synthesize the advantages and disadvantages of VCME to establish the impact of this approach on inequities that physicians face along the intersections of gender, race, and location of practice. Methods: Guided by the methodological framework of Arksey and O’Malley, the search included six databases and was limited to studies published between January 1991 to April 2021. Eligible studies included those related to accredited/non-accredited post-certification medical education, conferences, or meetings in a virtual setting focused on physicians. Numeric and inductive thematic analyses were performed. Results: 282 studies were included in the review. Salient advantages identified were convenience, favourable learning formats, collaboration opportunities, effectiveness at improving knowledge and clinical practices, and cost-effectiveness. Prominent disadvantages included technological barriers, poor design, cost, lack of sufficient technological skill, and time. Analysis of the studies showed that VCME was most common in the general/family practice specialty, in suburban settings, and held by countries in the Global North. A minority of studies reported on gender (35%) and race (4%). Discussion: Most studies report advantages of VCME, but disadvantages and barriers exist that are contextual to the location of practice and medical subspecialty. VCME events are largely organized by Global North countries with suboptimized accessibility for Global South attendees. A lack of reported data on gender and race reveals a limited understanding of how VCME affects vulnerable populations, prompting potential future considerations as it evolves.

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On the advantages and disadvantages of virtual continuing medical education: a scoping review

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“…Given the considerable interest in the transanal approach, there is a very important need for useful learning guides. App-based teaching tools 22 and online platforms 23 have provided fundamental contributions to dissemination of knowledge about this new technique.…”

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Future Directions

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Chand

2020

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) is a novel technique that has evolved over the years to address the challenges of low rectal cancer surgery by applying the principles and benefits of laparoscopic surgery to more historic transanal techniques. It has been popularized through its use in rectal cancer, but the transanal approach is slowly being expanded to tackle different clinical scenarios including benign conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and endometriosis. For all of these new indications, it is the desire to access and begin the dissection in native tissue beyond the pathology which makes this approach applicable to other diseases where anatomy can be challenging. Training pathways to safely introduce taTME in a standardized manner are being developed and implemented in a bid to ensure adequate training to all the surgeons using this technique and thus minimize complications and patient morbidity. The future directions of this promising technique include the use of image and optical technological enhancement to aid navigation, the use of pneumorectum stabilization, and perhaps the use of fluorescence as a safety improvement. Developments have come also from the field of robotics. After a demonstration of feasibility in cadaver models, a growing experience has been gathered in the robotic approach to taTME, covered in the last part of this chapter.

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