O Steichen, S Georgin-Lavialle, G Grateau, B Ranque
[Assessment of clinical observation skills of last year medical students]
La Revue de medecine interne
covid19 pandemic disrupted many aspects personal professional life surgeons resulting suspension many inperson educational opportunities favor virtual education programs adapting new challenges developed implemented evaluated novel approach department surgery grand rounds meet educational needs residents outset covid19related restrictions educational leadership performed needs assessment resident education leading quick pivot videobased programming developed would wwyd virtual casebased educational session junior residents worked senior residents fellows faculty develop diseasespecific cases questions presented panel invited national subject experts feedback collected attendees grand rounds session via electronic survey panel logistics flipped classroom style questioning iteratively adapted based survey responses verbal feedback educational principles departmentwide survey conducted end first year virtual sessions assess faculty trainee perceptions virtual vs inperson didactics covid19 educational materials widely available needs assessment found surgical educational programming trainees dramatically reduced period 24 months hosted twelve wwyd sessions 20 internal faculty 22 national virtual guest panelists wwyd covered core surgical topics hernia colorectal trauma endocrine vascular foregut transplant weekly attendance ranged 40 100 including faculty trainees students attendees wwyd grand rounds reported strong agreement speakers communicated effectively 937 vs 798 p 00001 topics engaging 924 vs 785 p 00001 relevant 915 vs 797 p 00001 compared didactic virtual grand rounds departmentwide survey noted differences faculty vs trainee priorities didactic sessions faculty finding virtual didactics convenient 921 vs 714 strong agreement p 0004 highly valuing convenience 897 vs 691 highly value p 0005 isolating time wwyd format leveraged affordances virtual platform bring diverse content experts together diseasespecific discussions aligning problembased active learning pedagogical approaches proven effective lectures attendees found format engaging virtual didactic lectures departmentwide survey revealed dichotomy didactic priorities faculty trainees faculty strongly favoring attendance convenience wwyd wellpositioned deliver didactic educational experience engagement convenience