From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 May 1;147(5):872e-874e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007880.
The 2020 global pandemic related to the coronavirus has led to unprecedented interruptions in typical patient care and resident education. Teleconferencing software was deployed by many institutions to comply with quarantine and social-distancing regulations. To supplement the loss of clinical experience for trainees, the authors implemented a novel virtual-educational programming using virtual visiting professors and virtual grand rounds. The authors describe the two different formats and advantages such as access to multiple speakers on diverse, innovative topics and decreased financial burdens to the host program. However, the authors do acknowledge some disadvantages from lack of face-to-face social interaction/networking and the need to consider time-zone differences. Both new programs were embraced by trainees at the authors' own institution and residents/medical students across the United States and Canada and around the world. The authors believe teleconferencing should be permanently incorporated into future educational opportunities for plastic surgeons, as it provides easy access to high-quality information.
2020 年与冠状病毒相关的全球大流行导致典型的患者护理和住院医师教育受到前所未有的中断。许多机构都部署了电话会议软件，以遵守隔离和保持社交距离的规定。为了弥补学员临床经验的损失，作者们使用虚拟访问教授和虚拟大查房实施了一种新颖的虚拟教育计划。作者们描述了两种不同的格式和优势，例如可以访问多个在不同创新主题上的演讲者，并且减轻了宿主计划的财务负担。但是，作者们确实承认存在一些缺点，例如缺乏面对面的社交互动/网络以及需要考虑时区差异。这两个新计划都受到了作者所在机构的学员、美国和加拿大以及世界各地的住院医师/医学生的欢迎。作者们认为，电话会议应该被永久纳入未来的整形外科医生教育机会中，因为它可以方便地获取高质量的信息。
