Mamiko Eto, Koji Yamatsu
Associations of eHealth Literacy with Social Activity among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
completion training practicing surgeons rely handson courses expand procedure armamentarium improve surgical technique however courses vary standardized teaching methods sages developed acquisition data outcomes procedure transfer adopt program method longitudinal instruction utilizing standardized teaching techniques mentorship webinars cover additional techniques study examines adoption learned techniques participant confidence adopt course focused extendedview totally extraperitoneal etep hernia repair handson course focused etep hernia repair conducted enrollment capped 10 participants precourse postcourse surveys 3 6 12 months determined implementation learned procedure case volume confidence etep skills 5point likert scale 1 confident 5 completely confident assessed confidence levels survey responses summarized using descriptive statistics 10 participants 10 100 completed precourse survey 7 70 completed least one postcourse survey median age 485 years 3656 median 16 years 223 practice mostly community setting 70 course 50 performed etep procedure 100 reported considering technique surgical planning participants reported higher confidence etepspecific skills three months postcourse precourse levels highest change confidence seen following skills accessing retromuscularextraperitoneal space ventral hernia recognizing linea alba violated p 005 study shows rapid incorporation learned techniques achieved adopt format furthermore longitudinal mentorship structured handson course adopt course supports practicing surgeons attain autonomy confidence even teaching relatively technically challenging procedure etep