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Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly changed healthcare systems and medical education. Universities were required to develop innovative curricula based on remote and distance education to continue medical education. This prospective questionnaire-based study aimed to inve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04092-9 |
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author | Kneifel, Felicia Morgul, Haluk Katou, Shadi Hölzen, Jens P. Strücker, Benjamin Juratli, Mazen Pascher, Andreas Becker, Felix |
author_facet | Kneifel, Felicia Morgul, Haluk Katou, Shadi Hölzen, Jens P. Strücker, Benjamin Juratli, Mazen Pascher, Andreas Becker, Felix |
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description | BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly changed healthcare systems and medical education. Universities were required to develop innovative curricula based on remote and distance education to continue medical education. This prospective questionnaire-based study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19-associated remote learning on the surgical training of medical students. METHODS: A 16-item questionnaire-based survey was distributed to medical students at the University Hospital of Münster before and after a surgical skills laboratory (SSL). Two cohorts were included: summer semester 2021 (COV-19), with rigorous social-distancing restrictions requiered SSL to be remotely, and winter semester 2021 (postCOV-19), in which the SSL was provided as a face-to-face, hands-on course. RESULTS: Both, cohorts showed a significant improvement in self-assessment of pre- and post-course confidence. While no significant difference in the average gain in self-confidence for sterile working was observed between the two cohorts, improvement in self-confidence was significantly higher in the COV-19 cohort regarding skin suturing and knot tying (p < 0.0001). However the average improvement regarding history and physical was significantly higher in the postCOV-19 cohort (p < 0.0001). In subgroup analysis, gender-associated differences varied in the two cohorts and were not related to specific subtasks, while age-stratified analysis revealed superior results for younger students. CONCLUSION: The results of our study underline the usability, feasibility, and adequacy of remote learning for the surgical training of medical students. The on-site distance education version, presented in the study, allows the continuing of hands-on experience in a safe environment in compliance with governmental social-distancing restrictions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-023-04092-9. |
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spelling | pubmed-99314442023-02-16 Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 Kneifel, Felicia Morgul, Haluk Katou, Shadi Hölzen, Jens P. Strücker, Benjamin Juratli, Mazen Pascher, Andreas Becker, Felix BMC Med Educ Research BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly changed healthcare systems and medical education. Universities were required to develop innovative curricula based on remote and distance education to continue medical education. This prospective questionnaire-based study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19-associated remote learning on the surgical training of medical students. METHODS: A 16-item questionnaire-based survey was distributed to medical students at the University Hospital of Münster before and after a surgical skills laboratory (SSL). Two cohorts were included: summer semester 2021 (COV-19), with rigorous social-distancing restrictions requiered SSL to be remotely, and winter semester 2021 (postCOV-19), in which the SSL was provided as a face-to-face, hands-on course. RESULTS: Both, cohorts showed a significant improvement in self-assessment of pre- and post-course confidence. While no significant difference in the average gain in self-confidence for sterile working was observed between the two cohorts, improvement in self-confidence was significantly higher in the COV-19 cohort regarding skin suturing and knot tying (p < 0.0001). However the average improvement regarding history and physical was significantly higher in the postCOV-19 cohort (p < 0.0001). In subgroup analysis, gender-associated differences varied in the two cohorts and were not related to specific subtasks, while age-stratified analysis revealed superior results for younger students. CONCLUSION: The results of our study underline the usability, feasibility, and adequacy of remote learning for the surgical training of medical students. The on-site distance education version, presented in the study, allows the continuing of hands-on experience in a safe environment in compliance with governmental social-distancing restrictions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-023-04092-9. BioMed Central 2023-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9931444/ /pubmed/36793029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04092-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 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/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Kneifel, Felicia Morgul, Haluk Katou, Shadi Hölzen, Jens P. Strücker, Benjamin Juratli, Mazen Pascher, Andreas Becker, Felix Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title | Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title_full | Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title_short | Struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during COVID-19 |
title_sort | struggle in the bubble - a prospective study on the effect of remote learning and distance education on confidence in practical surgical skills acquired during covid-19 |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04092-9 |
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