Kattan Abdullah E, Mortada Hatan, Alzaidi Salman, Gelidan Adnan G
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University and Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Jun 22;9(6):e3658. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003658. eCollection 2021 Jun.
The world has faced an unprecedented challenge in controlling the spread of COVID-19-a rapid reshaping of the healthcare system and education was inevitable. Consequently, residency programs adopted e-learning as a social distancing tool for the continuity of the learning process. In this study, we explore the opinions and perspectives of plastic surgery attending doctors and residents on the implications of e-learning.
After obtaining ethical approval, this cross-sectional study was conducted electronically between October and December 2020 among plastic surgery residents and board-certified plastic surgeons in Saudi Arabia. Participants completed a validated, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire gathered participants' demographic data, perceptions of online webinars, and audiovisual evaluations. Finally, we compared traditional (in-person) teaching with online webinars. The analysis was performed at a 95% confidence interval using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 23.0 (IBM, Armonk, N.Y.).
A total of 61 responses were included in this study. The majority of respondents (78.7%) were comfortable during webinars, with 38 (62.3%) believing they should supplement traditional teaching methods. Overall, 50.8% were satisfied with the webinars. However, 37.7% were neutral. Most believed that the webinars increased their clinical (67.2%) and surgical skills (67.2%) to reasonable levels.
Online education provided an excellent educational tool as a viable option to supplement traditional face-to-face training, with most residents being satisfied, supporting the use of this educational tool. More objective research is required to refine existing online plastic surgery teaching methods while creating novel distance e-learning approaches for the future.
在控制新冠病毒传播方面，全球面临着前所未有的挑战，医疗保健系统的快速重塑以及教育变革不可避免。因此，住院医师培训项目采用电子学习作为保持社交距离的工具，以确保学习过程的连续性。在本研究中，我们探讨了整形外科主治医生和住院医师对电子学习影响的看法和观点。
在获得伦理批准后，于2020年10月至12月间在沙特阿拉伯对整形外科住院医师和获得委员会认证的整形外科医生进行了一项横断面电子研究。参与者完成了一份经过验证的、匿名的、自行填写的问卷。该问卷收集了参与者的人口统计学数据、对在线网络研讨会的看法以及视听评估。最后，我们将传统（面对面）教学与在线网络研讨会进行了比较。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）23.0版（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）在95%置信区间进行分析。
本研究共纳入61份回复。大多数受访者（78.7%）在网络研讨会期间感觉舒适，其中38人（62.3%）认为网络研讨会应补充传统教学方法。总体而言，50.8%的人对网络研讨会感到满意。然而，37.7%的人持中立态度。大多数人认为网络研讨会将他们的临床技能（67.2%）和手术技能（67.2%）提升到了合理水平。
在线教育作为一种可行的选择，提供了一个很好的教育工具来补充传统的面对面培训，大多数住院医师对此感到满意，支持使用这种教育工具。需要进行更客观的研究，以完善现有的在线整形外科教学方法，同时为未来创造新的远程电子学习方法。
