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Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide
PURPOSE: To utilize a global survey to elucidate spine surgeons’ perspectives towards research and resident education within telemedicine. METHODS: A cross-sectional, anonymous email survey was circulated to the members of AO Spine, an international organization consisting of spine surgeons from aro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33481089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-020-06716-w |
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author | Shafi, Karim Lovecchio, Francis Riew, Grant J. Samartzis, Dino Louie, Philip K. Germscheid, Niccole An, Howard S. Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Chutkan, Norman Mallow, Gary Michael Neva, Marko H. Phillips, Frank M. Sciubba, Daniel M. El-Sharkawi, Mohammad Valacco, Marcelo McCarthy, Michael H. Makhni, Melvin C. Iyer, Sravisht |
author_facet | Shafi, Karim Lovecchio, Francis Riew, Grant J. Samartzis, Dino Louie, Philip K. Germscheid, Niccole An, Howard S. Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Chutkan, Norman Mallow, Gary Michael Neva, Marko H. Phillips, Frank M. Sciubba, Daniel M. El-Sharkawi, Mohammad Valacco, Marcelo McCarthy, Michael H. Makhni, Melvin C. Iyer, Sravisht |
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description | PURPOSE: To utilize a global survey to elucidate spine surgeons’ perspectives towards research and resident education within telemedicine. METHODS: A cross-sectional, anonymous email survey was circulated to the members of AO Spine, an international organization consisting of spine surgeons from around the world. Questions were selected and revised using a Delphi approach. A major portion of the final survey queried participants on experiences with telemedicine in training, the utility of telemedicine for research, and the efficacy of telemedicine as a teaching tool. Responses were compared by region. RESULTS: A total of 485 surgeons completed the survey between May 15, 2020 and May 31, 2020. Though most work regularly with trainees (83.3%) and 81.8% agreed that telemedicine should be incorporated into clinical education, 61.7% of respondents stated that trainees are not present during telemedicine visits. With regards to the types of clinical education that telemedicine could provide, only 33.9% of respondents agreed that interpretation of physical exam maneuvers can be taught (mean score = − 0.28, SD = ± 1.13). The most frequent research tasks performed over telehealth were follow-up of imaging (28.7%) and study group meetings (26.6%). Of all survey responses provided by members, there were no regional differences (p > 0.05 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS: Our study of spine surgeons worldwide noted high agreement among specialists for the implantation of telemedicine in trainee curricula, underscoring the global acceptance of this medium for patient management going forward. A greater emphasis towards trainee participation as well as establishing best practices in telemedicine are essential to equip future spine specialists with the necessary skills for navigating this emerging platform. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at (10.1007/s00586-020-06716-w). |
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spelling | pubmed-78208262021-01-22 Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide Shafi, Karim Lovecchio, Francis Riew, Grant J. Samartzis, Dino Louie, Philip K. Germscheid, Niccole An, Howard S. Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Chutkan, Norman Mallow, Gary Michael Neva, Marko H. Phillips, Frank M. Sciubba, Daniel M. El-Sharkawi, Mohammad Valacco, Marcelo McCarthy, Michael H. Makhni, Melvin C. Iyer, Sravisht Eur Spine J Original Article PURPOSE: To utilize a global survey to elucidate spine surgeons’ perspectives towards research and resident education within telemedicine. METHODS: A cross-sectional, anonymous email survey was circulated to the members of AO Spine, an international organization consisting of spine surgeons from around the world. Questions were selected and revised using a Delphi approach. A major portion of the final survey queried participants on experiences with telemedicine in training, the utility of telemedicine for research, and the efficacy of telemedicine as a teaching tool. Responses were compared by region. RESULTS: A total of 485 surgeons completed the survey between May 15, 2020 and May 31, 2020. Though most work regularly with trainees (83.3%) and 81.8% agreed that telemedicine should be incorporated into clinical education, 61.7% of respondents stated that trainees are not present during telemedicine visits. With regards to the types of clinical education that telemedicine could provide, only 33.9% of respondents agreed that interpretation of physical exam maneuvers can be taught (mean score = − 0.28, SD = ± 1.13). The most frequent research tasks performed over telehealth were follow-up of imaging (28.7%) and study group meetings (26.6%). Of all survey responses provided by members, there were no regional differences (p > 0.05 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS: Our study of spine surgeons worldwide noted high agreement among specialists for the implantation of telemedicine in trainee curricula, underscoring the global acceptance of this medium for patient management going forward. A greater emphasis towards trainee participation as well as establishing best practices in telemedicine are essential to equip future spine specialists with the necessary skills for navigating this emerging platform. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at (10.1007/s00586-020-06716-w). Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-01-22 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7820826/ /pubmed/33481089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-020-06716-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shafi, Karim Lovecchio, Francis Riew, Grant J. Samartzis, Dino Louie, Philip K. Germscheid, Niccole An, Howard S. Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Chutkan, Norman Mallow, Gary Michael Neva, Marko H. Phillips, Frank M. Sciubba, Daniel M. El-Sharkawi, Mohammad Valacco, Marcelo McCarthy, Michael H. Makhni, Melvin C. Iyer, Sravisht Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title | Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title_full | Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title_fullStr | Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title_full_unstemmed | Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title_short | Telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
title_sort | telemedicine in research and training: spine surgeon perspectives and practices worldwide |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33481089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-020-06716-w |
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