Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2021 Dec;55(6):323-329. doi: 10.1080/2000656X.2021.1884084. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
Surgery trainees use videos as a means to learn about surgical procedures. YouTube is the biggest online video platform and used for educational content as well but the medical information provided does not undergo peer review or other forms of scientific screening and can thus be of poorer quality. We performed a systematic review that examined the quality of educational videos about surgery and plastic surgery in particular on YouTube. The focus was towards studies on the benefit of YouTube videos for surgical trainees. A literature review was performed to determine the educational quality of plastic surgery videos found on YouTube. Articles reviewing the educational quality of videos about surgical procedures, their accuracy, and their utility for surgical trainees were included. An additional review was performed evaluating the literature about the quality of educational plastic surgery videos. Eleven articles were selected reviewing the educational quality of videos about surgical procedures. Six studies were fully assessed and evaluated concerning the quality of educational plastic surgery videos. There currently seems to be a lack of comprehensive educational surgery and in particular plastic surgery-related information on YouTube. The popularity of YouTube among surgical trainees is high. The quality of available educational surgical video content varies widely. It is in the interest of plastic surgery teaching institutions to provide trainees with high-quality educational video material.
外科培训生使用视频来学习手术程序。YouTube 是最大的在线视频平台，也用于教育内容，但提供的医疗信息未经同行评审或其他形式的科学筛选，因此质量可能较差。我们进行了一项系统评价，研究了 YouTube 上关于外科手术的教育视频的质量，特别是整形外科。重点是研究 YouTube 视频对外科培训生的益处。进行了文献回顾，以确定在 YouTube 上找到的整形外科视频的教育质量。纳入了关于手术程序视频的教育质量、准确性及其对外科培训生实用性的文章。还对评估教育整形外科视频质量的文献进行了额外的审查。选择了 11 篇文章来审查有关手术程序的视频的教育质量。对 6 项研究进行了全面评估和评估，以确定教育整形外科视频的质量。目前，YouTube 上似乎缺乏全面的外科手术教育信息，特别是与整形外科相关的信息。YouTube 在外科培训生中非常受欢迎。可用的教育性外科视频内容的质量差异很大。为培训生提供高质量的教育视频材料符合整形外科教学机构的利益。
