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. 2021 Sep 14;12(4):149-151.
doi: 10.36834/cmej.72081. eCollection 2021 Sep.

The "virtual OR:" creation of a surgical video-based gynaecologic surgery teaching session to improve medical student orientation and supplement surgical learning during COVID-19

Jocelyn Stairs  1 , Baharak Amir  1 , Brett Vair  1
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The "virtual OR:" creation of a surgical video-based gynaecologic surgery teaching session to improve medical student orientation and supplement surgical learning during COVID-19

Jocelyn Stairs et al. Can Med Educ J. .

Abstract
in English, French

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in changes to clinical clerkship delivery including decreased surgical exposure. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dalhousie University developed a novel, resident-led learning experience using a curated presentation of operative footage. This session aimed to improve medical students' orientation to the operative environment and supplement teaching on pelvic anatomy and gynaecologic surgery in response to decreased exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical students perceived this session as valuable and felt it improved their preparedness for the operating room. This initiative has the potential to improve medical student orientation to the operative environment.

La pandémie de la COVID-19 a entraîné des changements dans le déroulement des stages d’externat, notamment une diminution l’exposition clinique en chirurgie. Le département d’obstétrique et de gynécologie de l’Université Dalhousie a mis au point une activité d’apprentissage novatrice, dirigée par des résidents, au moyen d’une présentation de vidéos opératoires. La séance visait à faciliter l’accueil des étudiants en médecine dans l’environnement opératoire, ainsi qu’à compléter l’enseignement de l’anatomie pelvienne et de la chirurgie gynécologique compte tenu de l’exposition clinique réduite pendant la pandémie de la COVID-19. Les étudiants ont jugé cette séance utile et ils s’estiment, grâce à elle, mieux préparés pour la salle d’opération. Cette initiative a le potentiel d’améliorer l’accueil des étudiants en médecine dans l’environnement opératoire.

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Medical students’ evaluation of the “Virtual OR” session
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