Koya Komal D, Bhatia Kyle R, Hsu Jeffrey T S, Bhatia Ashish C
Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA.
Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2012 Sep;31(3):163-7. doi: 10.1016/j.sder.2012.06.006.
Video is an excellent medium for medical education, both for clinicians and for the public. YouTube has emerged as one of the largest sources of freely accessible content. It is our intent to provide a preliminary discussion of the growing role of videos in medical education, sources of this video content, and the format of surgical video content on YouTube. Additionally, we will highlight the limitations and pitfalls that clinicians and the public should be aware of when viewing online video content. Several sources of both patient- and clinician-directed videos are easily accessible from the Internet and DVDs today. Medical professionals, students, and patients now have mobiles and instantaneous access to a growing collection of video content. A brief list of online video sources to view and learn dermatologic surgical techniques is provided. Given the increasing ease of creating and posting high-quality video content, this list will continue to grow, providing dermatologic surgeons with an ever-increasing wealth of visual knowledge. Although YouTube is a dominant source of publicly accessible videos, clinicians and consumers should be aware of the source and intent of the video content before accepting the content. Although it is easy to post content on YouTube, it is difficult to verify sources and the credentials of the people posting the videos. Therefore, the viewer should filter content with a discerning eye, embracing the concept of caveat emptor--or buyer beware.
视频对于医学教育来说是一种极好的媒介，无论是对临床医生还是对公众而言。YouTube已成为最大的免费可获取内容来源之一。我们旨在对视频在医学教育中日益增长的作用、此类视频内容的来源以及YouTube上手术视频内容的形式进行初步探讨。此外，我们将强调临床医生和公众在观看在线视频内容时应注意的局限性和陷阱。如今，从互联网和DVD中可以轻松获取几种面向患者和临床医生的视频来源。医学专业人员、学生和患者现在可以通过手机即时访问越来越多的视频内容。我们提供了一份观看和学习皮肤外科技术的在线视频源简短列表。鉴于创建和发布高质量视频内容越来越容易，这份列表将会持续增长，为皮肤外科医生提供越来越丰富的视觉知识。尽管YouTube是公开可访问视频的主要来源，但临床医生和消费者在接受视频内容之前应了解视频内容的来源和意图。虽然在YouTube上发布内容很容易，但核实视频发布者的来源和资质却很困难。因此，观看者应以敏锐的眼光筛选内容，秉持“买者自负”的理念——即买家需谨慎。
