The academic impact and value of an international online surgery lecture series

Daisuke Hashimoto^#¹, Aiste Gulla^#^{2

3}, Sohei Satoi^{4

5}, Tomohisa Yamamoto¹, So Yamaki¹, Yuki Matsui¹, Chisato Ohe⁶, Makoto Yamasaki¹, Madoka Hamada⁷, Tsukasa Ikeura⁸, Masaaki Shimatani⁸, Raoul Breugelmans⁹, Algirdas Utkus¹⁰, Tomas Poskus^{2

3}, Arturas Samuilis¹¹, Marius Miglinas^{2

3}, Arvydas Laurinavicius^{12

13}, Koichi Tomoda¹⁴, Vaiva Hendrixson¹⁵, Mitsugu Sekimoto¹, Kestutis Strupas^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata City, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan.
² Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
³ Center of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata City, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan. satoi@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp.
⁵ Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. satoi@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
⁷ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
⁸ Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
⁹ Department of English, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹² Department of Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹³ National Center of Pathology, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
¹⁵ Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36790475
PMCID: PMC9930694
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-023-02660-6

The academic impact and value of an international online surgery lecture series

Daisuke Hashimoto et al. Surg Today. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;53(9):1100-1104.

doi: 10.1007/s00595-023-02660-6. Epub 2023 Feb 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata City, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan.
² Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
³ Center of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata City, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan. satoi@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp.
⁵ Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. satoi@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
⁷ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
⁸ Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
⁹ Department of English, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹² Department of Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹³ National Center of Pathology, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
¹⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
¹⁵ Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36790475
PMCID: PMC9930694
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-023-02660-6

Abstract

Due to the worldwide travel restrictions caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic, many universities and students lost opportunities to engage in international exchange over the past 2 years. Teleconferencing systems have thus been developed to compensate for severe travel restrictions. Kansai Medical University in Japan and Vilnius University in Lithuania have a collaborative research and academic relationship. The two universities have been conducting an online joint international surgery lecture series for the medical students of both universities. Fifteen lectures were given from October 2021 to May 2022. The lectures focused on gastrointestinal surgery, gastroenterology, radiology, pathology, genetics, laboratory medicine, and organ transplantation. A survey of the attendees indicated that they were generally interested in the content and satisfied with attending this lecture series. Our efforts were successful in providing Japanese and Lithuanian medical students with the opportunity to engage in international exchange through lectures held in each other's countries.

Keywords: Gastroenterology; International collaboration; International education; Medical English; Medical students; Surgery.

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All authors report no conflicts of interest.

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**Fig. 1**
Results of the survey obtained from the students. Responses were received from 105 students (KMU, n = 73 and VU, n = 32). *KMU* Kansai Medical University, VU Vilnius University

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