Bradford Teaching Hospitals, St Luke's Hospital, Little Horton Ln, Bradford, BD5 0NA.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022 Jan;60(1):46-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.08.056. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
The COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly progressed into a worldwide pandemic, and the need for social distancing has changed the way we learn and work. Our monthly OMFS journal club has been no different, and is currently meeting on the video conferencing application Microsoft Teams. The use of a virtual setting for training in medicine and dentistry is not new and, as in the case of our recent move to a virtual medium, it may be that COVID-19 has fast-tracked this digital transformation. There are of course disadvantages to online teaching that traditional face-to-face teaching overcomes. We conducted a survey to examine how trainees' attitudes and experiences have altered with this change, and to understand whether some elements of this new style of training may be advantageous in the post-pandemic world. We aimed to assess trainees' attitudes towards online teaching, and which elements, if any, would be beneficial once face-to-face teaching becomes possible again. A survey was created for all trainees taking part in journal club meetings at Bradford Teaching Hospitals. Multiple-choice and Likert scale questions were designed to ascertain the differences in experience between online and face-to-face settings. A Wilcoxon matched pairs signed test was used to analyse the results. Responses were kept anonymous. Results showed that the majority of trainees found it easier to attend the online journal club, and also indicated that the most found Microsoft Teams easy to use, though we did not have another online application for comparison. There was no significant difference in participation comfort between the two settings, though trainees felt that the online setting considerably improved learning effectiveness. Furthermore, 79% (11/14) thought that online tutorials and meetings should replace traditional face-to-face meetings in the future. The use of internet technology such as video conferencing is not new, and although journal clubs are typically held in academic institutions, online and virtual clubs are flourishing. With an array of advantages, there is no shying away from the trend to move our teaching to a virtual medium. COVID-19 may have just provided the stimulus that has forced this transformation to accelerate.
COVID-19 疫情迅速蔓延成为全球大流行，保持社交距离的需求改变了我们学习和工作的方式。我们的口腔颌面外科研讨会也不例外，目前正在使用视频会议应用程序 Microsoft Teams 举行。在医学和牙科领域，使用虚拟环境进行培训并不是什么新鲜事，就像我们最近转向虚拟环境一样，COVID-19 可能加速了这种数字化转型。当然，在线教学也有传统面对面教学无法克服的缺点。我们进行了一项调查，以了解学员的态度和经验随着这种变化而发生了怎样的改变，以及了解这种新培训方式的哪些元素在疫情后可能具有优势。我们旨在评估学员对在线教学的态度，以及在面对面教学重新可行时，哪些元素可能是有益的。我们为参与布拉德福德教学医院期刊俱乐部会议的所有学员创建了一份调查。设计了多项选择题和李克特量表问题，以确定在线和面对面环境之间的经验差异。使用 Wilcoxon 配对符号检验分析结果。结果保持匿名。结果表明，大多数学员发现参加在线期刊俱乐部更容易，并且还表示他们认为 Microsoft Teams 易于使用，尽管我们没有其他在线应用程序进行比较。两种设置的参与舒适度没有显著差异，但学员认为在线设置大大提高了学习效果。此外，79%（11/14）的人认为未来在线教程和会议应该取代传统的面对面会议。使用视频会议等互联网技术并不新鲜，虽然期刊俱乐部通常在学术机构举行，但在线和虚拟俱乐部正在蓬勃发展。由于具有多种优势，我们无法回避将教学转移到虚拟媒介的趋势。COVID-19 可能只是提供了加速这一转变的刺激因素。
