TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey of social media use for surgical education during covid-19
AU - Lima, Diego Laurentino
AU - Lima, Raquel Nogueira Cordeiro Laurentino
AU - Benevenuto, Dyego
AU - Raymundo, Thiers Soares
AU - Shadduck, Phillip P.
AU - Bianchi, Juliana Melo
AU - Malcher, Flavio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons. Published by the Society of Laparoendoscopic & Robotic Surgeons, Inc.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the use of social media platforms by medical students, surgical trainees, and practicing surgeons for surgical education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: An online, 15-question survey was developed and posted on Facebook and WhatsApp closed surgeon groups. Results: The online survey was completed by 219 participants from South America (87%), North America (7%), Europe (5%), Central America, and Asia. Respondents included medical students (6.4%), surgical residents/fellows (24.2%), and practicing surgeons (69.4%). The most common age group was 35-44 years. When asked which social media platforms they preferred, the video sharing site YouTube (33.3%), the messaging app WhatsApp (21%), and “other” (including videoconferencing sites) (22.3%) were most popular. Respondents reported using social media for surgical education either daily (38.4%) or weekly (45.2%), for an average of 1-5hours/week. Most (85%) opined that surgical conferences that were cancelled during the pandemic should be made available online, with live discussions. Conclusion: Social media use for surgical education during Covid-19 appears to be increasing and evolving.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the use of social media platforms by medical students, surgical trainees, and practicing surgeons for surgical education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: An online, 15-question survey was developed and posted on Facebook and WhatsApp closed surgeon groups. Results: The online survey was completed by 219 participants from South America (87%), North America (7%), Europe (5%), Central America, and Asia. Respondents included medical students (6.4%), surgical residents/fellows (24.2%), and practicing surgeons (69.4%). The most common age group was 35-44 years. When asked which social media platforms they preferred, the video sharing site YouTube (33.3%), the messaging app WhatsApp (21%), and “other” (including videoconferencing sites) (22.3%) were most popular. Respondents reported using social media for surgical education either daily (38.4%) or weekly (45.2%), for an average of 1-5hours/week. Most (85%) opined that surgical conferences that were cancelled during the pandemic should be made available online, with live discussions. Conclusion: Social media use for surgical education during Covid-19 appears to be increasing and evolving.
KW - Covid-19
KW - Medical education
KW - Medical students
KW - Pandemic
KW - Resident
KW - Social media
KW - Surgical education
KW - Virtual learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099999673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85099999673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4293/JSLS.2020.00072
DO - 10.4293/JSLS.2020.00072
M3 - Article
C2 - 33447004
AN - SCOPUS:85099999673
SN - 1086-8089
VL - 24
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
JF - Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
IS - 4
M1 - e2020.00072
ER -