Chaya Bachar F, Laspro Matteo, Verzella Alexandra N, Oliker Aaron, Arnold Anne, Alcon Andre, Flores Roberto L
From the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
BioDigital Systems, LLC, New York, N. Y.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Sep 29;11(9):e5300. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005300. eCollection 2023 Sep.
In October 2012, an open-access, multimedia digital cleft simulator was released. Its purpose was to address global disparities in cleft surgery education, providing an easily accessible surgical atlas for trainees globally. The simulator platform includes a three-dimensional surgical simulation of cleft care procedures, intraoperative videos, and voiceover. This report aims to assess the simulator's demographics and usage in its tenth year since inception. Finally, we also aim to understand the traction of virtual reality in cleft surgical education.
Usage data of the simulator over 10 years were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Data parameters included the number of users, sessions, countries reached, and content access. An electronic survey was emailed to registered users to assess the benefits of the simulator.
The total number of new and active simulator users reached 7687 and 12,042. The simulator was accessed an average of 172.9.0 ± 197.5 times per month. Low- to middle-income regions accounted for 43% of these sessions. The mean session duration was 11.4 ± 6.3 minutes, yielding a total screen time of 3022 hours. A total of 331 individuals responded to the survey, of whom 80.8% found the simulator to be very useful or extremely useful. Of those involved in education, 45.0% implemented the simulator as a teaching tool.
Global utilization of the simulator has been sustained after 10 years from inception with an increased presence in low- to middle-income nations. Future similar surgical simulators may provide sustainable training platforms to surgeons in low- and high-resource areas.
2012年10月，一款开放获取的多媒体数字腭裂模拟器发布。其目的是解决腭裂手术教育中的全球差异问题，为全球的受训人员提供一个易于获取的手术图谱。该模拟器平台包括腭裂护理程序的三维手术模拟、术中视频和旁白。本报告旨在评估该模拟器自创建以来第十年的用户特征和使用情况。最后，我们还旨在了解虚拟现实在腭裂手术教育中的吸引力。
回顾性收集并分析了该模拟器10年的使用数据。数据参数包括用户数量、会话次数、覆盖国家和内容访问情况。通过电子邮件向注册用户发送电子调查问卷，以评估该模拟器的益处。
新用户和活跃用户总数分别达到7687人和12042人。该模拟器每月平均被访问172.9.0 ± 197.5次。低收入和中等收入地区的访问量占这些会话的43%。平均会话时长为11.4 ± 6.3分钟，总屏幕使用时长为3022小时。共有331人回复了调查问卷，其中80.8%的人认为该模拟器非常有用或极其有用。在参与教育的人员中，45.0%将该模拟器作为教学工具使用。
自创建10年后，该模拟器在全球的使用一直持续，在低收入和中等收入国家的使用有所增加。未来类似的手术模拟器可能会为资源匮乏和丰富地区的外科医生提供可持续的培训平台。
