Role of immersive technologies in healthcare education during the COVID-19 epidemic

Pears, Matthew; Yiasemidou, Marina; Ismail, Mohamed F.; Veneziano, Domenico; Biyani, Chandra Shekhar

doi:10.1177/0036933020956317

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“…Twenty-one were comments/ editorials/reviews broadly describing changes in residency programs during the pandemic, mostly published during the very initial phase of the outbreak ; some of them focused also on perspectives toward digital education and e-learning opportunities. [7][8][9][10][11]20,24 Four articles highlighted the viewpoint of medical students and urology applicants, [27][28][29][30] impaired by the reduced opportunity for rotations. 29 Fourteen articles consisted of surveys addressing residents' perception toward their learning during the pandemic, the redistribution of activity (including details on involvement on the care of COVID patients), opportunities for away rotations in surgical fields, subjective feelings, and burnout syndromes during the pandemic.…”

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COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

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Objective: To evaluate the impact of an e-learning online event, created for supporting resident’s training during the slowdown of surgical and clinical activities caused by COVID-19 pandemic. An overview of PubMed literature depicting the state of the art of urology residency in the COVID-19 era was performed as well, to contextualize the issue. Methods: An online learning event for residents was set up at the beginning of the pandemic; the faculty consisted of experts in urology who provided on-line lectures and videos on surgical anatomy, procedures, updates in guidelines, technology, training. The audience was composed of 30–500 attendees from Italy, USA, India and Belgium. A questionnaire to analyze relevance, satisfaction and popularity of the lessons was mailed to 30 local residents. Results and limitations: Almost all residents defined the web environment suitable to achieve the learning outcomes; the method, the number and the competence of the faculty were appropriate/excellent. Most of the younger residents (81.8%) stated their surgical knowledge would improve after the course; 72.7% declared they would take advantage into routine inpatients clinical activity. Nineteen more expert residents agreed that the course would improve their surgical knowledge and enhance their practical skills; almost all stated that the initiative would change their outpatients and inpatients practice. Overall, 44 articles available in PubMed have addressed the concern of urological learning and training during the pandemic from different standpoints; four of them considered residents’ general perception towards web-based learning programs. Conclusions: The paper confirms residents’ satisfaction with e-learning methods and, to our knowledge, is the first one focusing on a specific event promptly settled up at the beginning of the outbreak. Web-based educational experience developed during the pandemic may represent the very basis for the implementation of prospective on-site training and overall scientific update of future urologists.

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“…Immersive technologies are also useful for training during the pandemic [ 112 ]. These refer to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) [ 112 ]. Perhaps their biggest advantage is that they provide Omni-Learning; the ability to learn anywhere, anytime, with anyone [ 113 ].…”

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“…Perhaps their biggest advantage is that they provide Omni-Learning; the ability to learn anywhere, anytime, with anyone [ 113 ]. AR uses holograms projected into the real-world environment [ 112 ]. This could include three-dimensional (3D) object transmission which can be viewed by a remote headset user [ 114 ].…”

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“…The author in no way is suggesting that these can replace operating theatre experience, but can exponentially increase the didactic impact of every theatre session. Technologies such as these can allow for real-time streaming of operations during which the trainee can have the same optic output as their trainer (see what they see) [ 112 ], something which is of great importance in identifying efficiently and promptly the appropriate planes of dissection. Knowledge that can be put in good use the next time they are in theatre.…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Training: the Past, the Present and the Future

Yiasemidou

2021

Indian J Surg

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The COVID-19 pandemic and infection control measures had an unavoidable impact on surgical services. During the first wave of the pandemic, elective surgery, endoscopy, and ‘face-to-face’ clinics were discontinued after recommendations from professional bodies. In addition, training courses, examinations, conferences, and training rotations were postponed or cancelled. Inadvertently, infection control and prevention measures, both within and outside hospitals, have caused a significant negative impact on training. At the same time, they have given space to new technologies, like telemedicine and platforms for webinars, to blossom. While the recovery phase is well underway in some parts of the world, most surgical services are not operating at full capacity. Unfortunately, some countries are still battling a second or third wave of the pandemic with severely negative consequences on surgical services. Several studies have looked into the impact of COVID-19 on surgical training. Here, an objective overview of studies from different parts of the world is presented. Also, evidence-based solutions are suggested for future surgical training interventions.

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“…Future immersive technology will continue to improve learning outcomes for surgical education by such areas as integrating areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL), systematic framework for content creation and better best practice and collaboration. Although there are many current high-and low-fidelity surgical and medical applications [18], they will have stronger capabilities due to this novel synergy. Consequently, we discuss these key factors in the future success in immersive reality to close the gaps in global surgery education.…”

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The Future of Immersive Technology in Global Surgery Education

Pears

Konstantinidis

2021

Indian J Surg

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The second wave of immersive reality technology is required that enhances and exploits current applications, empirical evidence and worldwide interest. If this is successful, low-and middle-income countries will have improved access, less costs and reduced practical limitations. Affordability, availability, accessibility and appropriateness are determinates, and help from several innovative areas can achieve these targets. Artificial intelligence will allow autonomous support of trainees to accelerate their skills when interacting on mobile applications, as deep learning algorithms will generate models that identify data and patterns within them and provide feedback much like a human educator. Future immersive content needs to be high quality, tailored to the learners' needs and created with minimal time and expenses. The co-creation process involves the integration of learners into the entire development process and a single learning goal can be identified that will have high reusability to surgical students. Sustainability of the material is ensured in the design stage leading to increased costeffectiveness benefits. One framework has a proven high impact on the co-design of healthcare resources and is discussed. The connectivity of future immersive technology resources has been a major obstacle between regions in their uptake. A handful of collaboration platforms have been created that can deliver immersive content and experiences; the spearhead in this area will be from augmented reality and telesurgery. Opportunity for powerful, large-scale data culture via blockchain collaboration will be an emerging theme that will also drive towards affordability, availability, accessibility and appropriateness in the future global landscape of immersive technology in surgical education.

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Role of immersive technologies in healthcare education during the COVID-19 epidemic

Cited by 66 publications

References 16 publications

COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

The Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Training: the Past, the Present and the Future

The Future of Immersive Technology in Global Surgery Education

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