Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.
Now Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Oct 1;149(10):899-903. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.2332.
In addition to their patient management value, multidisciplinary tumor boards have been recognized as effective learning tools. However, the value of using a virtual tumor board as a learning tool for head and neck surgical oncology fellows has not been studied.
To describe the structure and content of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) Virtual Tumor Board and assess its educational value as perceived by attendees.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: All sessions of the AHNS Virtual Tumor Board from April 8, 2020, to June 1, 2022, were reviewed. Topics, presenters, participants, and viewership data were collected as of October 15, 2022, from session recordings posted to an online video sharing and social media platform. Additionally, an anonymous, 14-question online survey was designed to elicit feedback from head and neck surgery trainees on virtual tumor board engagement, strengths, and weaknesses. The survey was electronically distributed in June and July 2022 to the 101 fellows enrolled in AHNS-accredited programs between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2022.
The primary aim was to tabulate online viewership of the sessions. The secondary aim was to qualitatively assess the experience of head and neck trainees with the AHNS Virtual Tumor Board using a survey.
Forty-two sessions of the virtual tumor board were held between April 8, 2020, and June 1, 2022. Almost all sessions (41 [98%]) were case based. One hundred and sixteen cases were presented, representing 2 to 3 cases per session, by 75 unique faculty members. Each session was viewed a mean of 217 times (range, 64-2216 views). In the 2021 to 2022 academic year, a mean of 60 viewers (range, 30-92 viewers) attended each live session. In all, 29 survey responses were collected from 101 fellows in AHNS-accredited programs (29% response rate). Most respondents felt the format allowed for excellent teaching (18 of 26 respondents [69%]) and discussion (19 of 26 respondents [73%]). Most respondents (22 of 29 respondents [76%]) believed that practicing head and neck surgeons would benefit from the sessions.
This survey study found that the AHNS Virtual Tumor Board was well-attended and well-reviewed by head and neck surgical oncology trainees. The virtual tumor board format could be used as model of remote learning for other organizations.
除了对患者管理有价值外，多学科肿瘤委员会已被认为是有效的学习工具。然而，将虚拟肿瘤委员会作为头颈部外科肿瘤学住院医师的学习工具的价值尚未得到研究。
描述美国头颈部学会（AHNS）虚拟肿瘤委员会的结构和内容，并评估其与会者认为的教育价值。
设计、地点和参与者：回顾了 2020 年 4 月 8 日至 2022 年 6 月 1 日期间举行的所有 AHNS 虚拟肿瘤委员会会议。截至 2022 年 10 月 15 日，从在线视频共享和社交媒体平台上发布的会议记录中收集了主题、演讲者、与会者和观看数据。此外，还设计了一项匿名的 14 个问题的在线调查，以征求头颈部外科住院医师对虚拟肿瘤委员会参与情况、优势和劣势的反馈。该调查于 2022 年 6 月和 7 月以电子方式分发给 2020 年 7 月 1 日至 2022 年 6 月 30 日期间参加 AHNS 认证项目的 101 名住院医师。
主要目的是统计会议的在线观看次数。次要目的是使用调查定性评估头颈部住院医师对 AHNS 虚拟肿瘤委员会的体验。
2020 年 4 月 8 日至 2022 年 6 月 1 日期间举行了 42 次虚拟肿瘤委员会会议。几乎所有会议（41 [98%]）都是基于案例的。由 75 位独特的教师代表，共提出了 116 个病例，每个会议的平均观看次数为 217 次（范围为 64-2216 次）。在 2021 至 2022 学年，每个直播会议的平均观众人数为 60 人（范围为 30-92 人）。共有 29 份来自参加 AHNS 认证项目的 101 名住院医师的调查回复（回复率 29%）。大多数受访者认为该格式允许进行出色的教学（26 名受访者中的 18 名[69%]）和讨论（26 名受访者中的 19 名[73%]）。大多数受访者（29 名受访者中的 22 名[76%]）认为，实践中的头颈外科医生将从这些会议中受益。
这项调查研究发现，AHNS 虚拟肿瘤委员会得到了头颈部外科肿瘤学住院医师的热烈关注和好评。虚拟肿瘤委员会的形式可以作为其他组织远程学习的模式。
