Hybrid Workshops During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Dawn of a New Era in Neurosurgical Learning Platforms.
World Neurosurg
; 157: e198-e206, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1458616
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, disruption of surgical hands-on training has hampered the skills acquisition by budding neurosurgeons. Online and virtual classrooms have not been able to substitute the hands-on experience and learning via direct interaction with senior colleagues. To overcome these challenges, we organized a hybrid workshop where simulation-based learning modules, and direct and virtual interaction with surgeons during live surgeries or didactic lectures were utilized to help delegates in understanding the nuances of neurosurgery.METHODS:
A 3-day hybrid workshop was held in March 2021, which was attended by 133 delegates. A structured questionnaire was utilized to record their feedback.RESULTS:
An overwhelming majority of the respondents (94.1%, n = 64) found hybrid conferences to be better than an online conference. Most of the respondents (88.3%, n = 60) rated the utility of direct face-to-face interaction to be more satisfying as compared with online interaction with faculty during a webinar. Again, many the respondents (86.8%, n = 59) believed that similar hybrid events will be the new normal given the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic. A large majority (88.2%, n = 60) of the respondents reported that they will prefer a hybrid event over an online conference.CONCLUSIONS:
In this era of the COVID-19 pandemic, "hybrid" microneurosurgery workshops offer unique opportunities to enhance surgical skills acquisition by hands-on simulation-based learning and observing live surgical demonstrations, apart from 2-way interactions with experts under one roof. This may be a stepping stone for what lies ahead in the future of neurosurgical training.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Distance
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Education, Medical, Graduate
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COVID-19
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Neurosurgery
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
World Neurosurg
Journal subject:
Neurosurgery
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.wneu.2021.09.132
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