School of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Emory University, USA.
Am J Surg. 2021 Aug;222(2):248-253. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.01.032. Epub 2021 Feb 4.
Eight novel virtual surgery electives (VSEs) were developed and implemented in April-May 2020 for medical students forced to continue their education remotely due to COVID-19.
Each VSE was 1-2 weeks long, contained specialty-specific course objectives, and included a variety of teaching modalities. Students completed a post-course survey to assess changes in their interest and understanding of the specialty. Quantitative methods were employed to analyze the results.
Eighty-three students participated in the electives and 67 (80.7%) completed the post-course survey. Forty-six (68.7%) respondents reported "increased" or "greatly increased" interest in the course specialty completed. Survey respondents' post-course understanding of each specialty increased by a statistically significant amount (p-value = <0.0001).
This initial effort demonstrated that VSEs can be an effective tool for increasing medical students' interest in and understanding of surgical specialties. They should be studied further with more rigorous methods in a larger population.
由于 COVID-19 的影响，医学院学生被迫远程继续学业，在此背景下，我们于 2020 年 4 月至 5 月开发并实施了 8 项新的虚拟手术选修课程（VSE）。
每门 VSE 课程持续 1-2 周，包含专业特定的课程目标，并采用多种教学模式。学生在课程结束后完成一份调查问卷，以评估他们对专业的兴趣和理解程度的变化。采用定量方法分析结果。
共有 83 名学生参加了选修课程，其中 67 名（80.7%）完成了课后调查。46 名（68.7%）受访者表示对所修课程专业的兴趣“增加”或“大大增加”。调查受访者对每个专业的课后理解都有显著增加（p 值<0.0001）。
这项初步研究表明，VSE 可以成为提高医学生对手术专业的兴趣和理解的有效工具。应该用更严格的方法在更大的人群中进一步研究它们。
