Brown Kelsey E, Flores Michael J, MacKechnie Madeline C, Rodarte Patricia, O'Marr Jamieson, Shearer David W, Toogood Paul
Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Surg Open Sci. 2023 Apr 15;13:24-26. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.04.003. eCollection 2023 Jun.
While e-learning has been written about extensively within the context of orthopaedics in the United States, there are few articles describing e-learning initiatives geared towards low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) developed the IGOT Learning Portal to meet this need.
The IGOT Learning Portal was designed to address knowledge gaps in patient care by increasing access to high-quality orthopaedic education for surgeons and trainees worldwide. It offers 10 distinct, asynchronous courses, which are divided into a modular format. Course enrollment is free and accessible to any surgeon or trainee with a web-browsing capable device and internet connection.
There are more than 2700 registered users and 300 active learners enrolled in IGOT Learning Portal courses. The Surgical Management and Reconstructive Training (SMART) program is the most commonly taken course. Learners represent 32 different countries across six continents. The IGOT portal also has surgical videos available on YouTube. The IGOT Portal YouTube channel has over 2000 subscribers and over 143,000 total views.
The IGOT Learning Portal is an innovative approach to address the global disparity in orthopaedic trauma care by improving access to high-quality surgical education for surgeons and trainees both in the US and internationally. The development of an interactive online forum may be a beneficial addition to the Portal. Future directions include assessing content retention, participant interaction, and expanding existing content to other orthopaedic subspecialties.
虽然在美国骨科领域对电子学习已有大量论述，但很少有文章描述针对低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）的电子学习倡议。加州大学旧金山分校（UCSF）的全球骨科与创伤研究所（IGOT）开发了IGOT学习门户来满足这一需求。
IGOT学习门户旨在通过增加全球外科医生和学员获得高质量骨科教育的机会，解决患者护理方面的知识差距。它提供10门不同的异步课程，采用模块化形式。课程注册免费，任何拥有具备网络浏览功能的设备和互联网连接的外科医生或学员都可以使用。
IGOT学习门户课程有超过2700名注册用户和300名活跃学习者。外科管理与重建培训（SMART）项目是最常选修的课程。学习者来自六大洲的32个不同国家。IGOT门户在YouTube上也有手术视频。IGOT门户YouTube频道有超过2000名订阅者，总观看次数超过143000次。
IGOT学习门户是一种创新方法，通过改善美国和国际上外科医生和学员获得高质量外科教育的机会，来解决骨科创伤护理方面的全球差距。开发一个互动在线论坛可能是对该门户有益的补充。未来的方向包括评估内容留存率、参与者互动情况，以及将现有内容扩展到其他骨科亚专业。
