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. 2021 Jan-Feb;45(1):39-48.
doi: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.08.008. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Exploring the Residents' Perspective on Smart learning Modalities and Contents for Virtual Urology Education: Lesson Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Exploring the Residents' Perspective on Smart learning Modalities and Contents for Virtual Urology Education: Lesson Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

[Article in English, Spanish]
R Campi et al. Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed). 2021 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 outbreak has substantially altered residents' training activities. While several new virtual learning programs have been recently implemented, the perspective of urology trainees regarding their usefulness still needs to be investigated.

Methods: A cross-sectional, 30-item, web-based Survey was conducted through Twitter from April 4th, 2020 to April 18th, 2020, aiming to evaluate the urology residents' perspective on smart learning (SL) modalities (pre-recorded videos, webinars, podcasts, and social media [SoMe]), and contents (frontal lessons, clinical case discussions, updates on Guidelines and on clinical trials, surgical videos, Journal Clubs, and seminars on leadership and non-technical skills).

Results: Overall, 501 urology residents from 58 countries completed the survey. Of these, 78.4, 78.2, 56.9 and 51.9% of them considered pre-recorded videos, interactive webinars, podcasts and SoMe highly useful modalities of smart learning, respectively. The contents considered as highly useful by the greatest proportion of residents were updates on guidelines (84.8%) and surgical videos (81.0%). In addition, 58.9 and 56.5% of responders deemed seminars on leadership and on non-technical skills highly useful smart learning contents. The three preferred combinations of smart learning modality and content were: pre-recorded surgical videos, interactive webinars on clinical cases, and pre-recorded videos on guidelines.

Conclusion: Our study provides the first global «big picture» of the smart learning modalities and contents that should be prioritized to optimize virtual Urology education. While this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak, our findings might have even more impact in the future.

Keywords: Aprendizaje inteligente; COVID-19; Encuesta; Residentes; Residents; Smart learning; Survey; Urology; Urología.

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Figura 1
Mapa mundial que muestra la distribución de los residentes participantes en la encuesta alrededor del mundo.
Figura 2
Figura 2
Visión general de los resultados de la Encuesta. A) Gráficos circulares que muestran la proporción de residentes de urología que consideran modalidades de aprendizaje inteligente como de gran utilidad: videos pregrabados (en amarillo), seminarios web interactivos (en verde), podcasts (en rojo) y redes sociales (en azul). B) Gráficos circulares que muestran la proporción de residentes de urología que consideran contenidos de gran utilidad para el aprendizaje inteligente (en orden de arriba a abajo, de izquierda a derecha): videos quirúrgicos, discusiones de casos clínicos, lecciones frontales, actualizaciones de guías, actualizaciones de ensayos clínicos, clubes de revistas, seminarios sobre liderazgo, seminarios sobre habilidades no técnicas.
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Figura 3
Combinaciones de modalidad y contenido para el aprendizaje inteligente consideradas como de mayor utilidad por los residentes de urología (en orden decreciente). Las modalidades de aprendizaje inteligente se representan mediante los colores amarillo, verde, rojo y azul para videos pregrabados, seminarios web, podcasts y redes sociales, respectivamente. Esta figura es representación gráfica de la pregunta de la encuesta n.30 (¿Cuál de las siguientes combinaciones considera la más útil para el aprendizaje inteligente de Urología durante la era COVID-19?). En esta pregunta se permitieron múltiples respuestas para cada participante (Apéndice 1).

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