[On the effectiveness of digital teaching of practical skills in curricular ENT education]. / Zur Effektivität der digitalen Vermittlung praktischer Fertigkeiten in der curricularen HNO-Lehre.

BACKGROUND: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the curricular courses at faculties of medicine had to be digitalized within a short time. This poses a particular challenge regarding the teaching of practical skills. OBJECTIVE: To determine to what extent practical skills can be learned within the framework of a fully digitally implemented ENT mirror examination, the minimum number of teaching units (UE) required for competent execution, and the difficulty of the various examinations were identified. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During a period of 5 days of their ENT block internship, a total of 146 students learned six ENT mirror examinations in daily videoconferences. A subgroup (n = 48) was assessed formatively each day and the increase in performance was statistically analysed over the 5 days. On the fifth day, exams were carried out with the entire cohort. RESULTS: Over the course of the 5 days, a significant increase in performance was observed in the various examinations. Based on the evaluation of the increase in performance in the subsections, examinations could also be classified as "simple" and "difficult." Peak performance according to competence level 3a of the Nationaler Kompetenzorientierter Lernzielkatalog Medizin (NKLM) was achieved on day 4 after 5 UE had been completed. CONCLUSION: Practical skills can also be acquired through digital courses. Limitations result from the quality of the examination instruments and the diagnostic findings. Additionally, economical curriculum planning can be achieved by a suitable weighting of the focus of the examination.

["Online from tomorrow on please": comparison of digital framework conditions of curricular teaching at national university ENT clinics in times of COVID-19 : Digital teaching at national university ENT clinics]. / "Ab morgen bitte online": Vergleich digitaler Rahmenbedingungen der curricularen Lehre an nationalen Universitäts-HNO-Kliniken in Zeiten von COVID-19 : Digitale Lehre an nationalen Universitäts-HNO-Kliniken.

BACKGROUND: The corona crisis not only affects professional activities but also teaching and learning at universities. Buzzwords, such as e­learning and digitalization suggest the possibility of innovative teaching approaches that are readily available to solve the problems of teaching in the current COVID-19 pandemic. The current conversion to digital teaching is not primarily driven by didactic rationale or institutional strategy but by external circumstances. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the teaching situation at national university ENT clinics and academic teaching hospitals at the start of the virtual corona summer semester in 2020. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A specifically self-designed questionnaire regarding the local situation and conditions as well as nationwide scenarios was sent to all 39 national university ENT clinics and 20 ENT departments at academic teaching hospitals. RESULTS: A total of 31 university hospitals and 10 academic teaching hospitals took part in the survey. There were obvious discrepancies between available resources and effectively available digital teaching and learning contents. Further criticism was expressed regarding the communication with the medical faculty, the digital infrastructure and particularly the frequent lack of collaboration with central support facilities, such as media, didactics and datacenters. CONCLUSION: There are positive examples of successful transformation of classroom teaching to an exclusively virtual summer semester 2020 within the university ENT clinics; however, critical ratings of assistant professors and medical directors regarding the current teaching situation predominated. A time-critical strategic advancement is urgently needed.