Telementoring of in-home real-time laparoscopy using whatsapp messenger: An innovative teaching tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cohort study
| Autor: | Mario D'Carlo Trejo Huamán, Stefanie Campos Medina, Yeray Trujillo Loli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Laparoscopic surgery
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicine.medical_treatment education Context (language use) Article Likert scale 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic medicine Laparoscopy Medical education Laparoscopic simulation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Social distance COVID-19 General Medicine Simulation in surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Smartphone business Telementoring Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Medicine and Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2049-0801 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.085 |
| Popis: | Background COVID-19 pandemic has decreased worldwide surgical activity, thus impairing the training of surgical residents. As a coping strategy, we opted for laparoscopic simulation with endotrainer; however, due to social distancing rules, a face-to-face tutoring training method is unfeasible. In this context telementoring using WhatsApp® Messenger (owned by Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, CA) with a Smartphone aims to train surgical residents in laparoscopy from their homes during the pandemic. Methods Trainers and surgical residents who were at home participated in this study. They used endotrainers with Smartphone cameras and were trained by video calls using WhatsApp. The baseline and final score of intracorporeal knotting was measured, according to the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) methodology, measuring the difference in means with the paired t-test. Recommendations for virtual surgical tutoring were followed and user satisfaction was measured using the Likert scale. Results 40 surgical residents participated. The average distance between the mentor and the trainee was 12.87 km. Average bandwidth was 32.5 Megabits per second (Mbits/s), latency was 424.5 ms (ms), good quality image with immediate feedback was achieved. The statistically significant difference between basal and final measurement was 23.7 points (p |
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