YouTube is the Most Frequently Used Educational Video Source for Surgical Preparation

Abstract

Most respondents reported using videos to prepare for surgery. YouTube was the preferred source. Posting surgical videos to YouTube may allow for maximal access to learners who are preparing for surgical cases.

YouTube as a source of information for patients considering surgery for ulcerative colitis

“…YouTube is the most used educational source for surgical trainees and faculty 18 . However, the quality of videos for patients appears to be low.…”

YouTube as an Educational Resource in Medical Education: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

“…[34] found that the vast majority of undergraduate medical and radiation therapy students in their survey study had employed webbased platforms to source information, with 78.0% using YouTube as their primary source of anatomy-related video clips. In another, Rapp et al [29] found that YouTube was selected by 86.0% of fourth-year medical student and faculty respondents, making it the preferred source for both learners and faculty alike to prepare for surgical procedures. Jaffar [35] found that 98.0%…”

“…Video is proven to be useful in demonstrating patient findings and in teaching physical examination methods, procedural and communication skills [26][27][28]. Videos can assist learners in understanding complex events and sequences at the cellular and molecular levels [15], and has long been used in surgical education in particular to learn new techniques [17,19,29]. Studies on the effectiveness of video lectures in medical education have shown an improvement in grades and greater satisfaction with teaching and learning [25,30].…”

De la experiencia digital a la necesidad formativa

“…Estas expresiones intelectuales suelen ser atractivas para el estudiante ya que son medios versátiles de presentación, que permiten combinar diversos elementos como: imágenes, textos, sonidos; además resulta ser un medio más cómodo para ilustrar ejemplos y capturar eventos reales a los que un estudiante no podría acceder fácilmente. Actualmente podemos encontrar literatura (Barry et al, 2016;Jaffar, 2013;Jaffar, 2012;Rapp et al, 2016) que menciona las ventajas de usar dicha plataforma específicamente para educación médica: es la fuente más usada por cirujanos para ver ejemplos de procedimientos, es comúnmente usada por los estudiantes para aprender anatomía, favorece el aprendizaje independiente, cuenta con una gran aprobación por parte de los estudiantes, puede ayudar a reducir la carga laboral docente y propiciar líneas de investigación. Teoría cognoscitiva del aprendizaje multimedia de Richard Mayer (Latapie, 2007).…”