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. 2024 Jun 5:17:1321-1328.
doi: 10.2147/CCID.S469592. eCollection 2024.

Development and Validation of a New Tool for Evaluating Educational Videos Discussing Skin Surgical Procedure Techniques

Fatimah J Almuqarrab  1 , Nuha Alfurayh  2 , Khalid AlGhamdi  1   3
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Development and Validation of a New Tool for Evaluating Educational Videos Discussing Skin Surgical Procedure Techniques

Fatimah J Almuqarrab et al. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. .

Abstract

Background: The available tools for evaluating scientific content target written scientific evidence and referencing without considering surgical, technical, or video graphic aspects.

Objective: This study developed and validated a tool for qualitatively evaluating videos in the field of skin surgery. This will increase the quality of recorded surgical materials published online and ultimately enhance the reliability of streaming platforms as educational resources.

Methodology: Tool development included several stages: draft generation, expert panel setting, internal reliability testing, and pilot study.

Results: After two rounds of expert panels evaluating the developed tool, 23 relevant items evaluating the educational value, scientific accuracy, and clarity of the surgical technical steps of the videos were obtained. We applied the tool to the top 25 YouTube videos discussing elliptical excision. Internal consistency, reliability, and substantial agreement between the raters were identified. We identified a strong positive correlation between our tool score and the global rating score (r= 0.55, P= 0.004).

Conclusion: It is critical to avoid relying on any video for educational purposes. The tool generated and validated in our study can determine a video's value. A pilot study of 25 YouTube videos demonstrated that the available videos are of fair-good quality, thus necessitating the need for high-quality video production.

Keywords: education; skin surgery; tool validation; video evaluation; youtube videos.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Figure 1
Comparing videos’ educational values by their providers. α SSVC-ET score: Skin Surgery Video Graphic Content Evaluation Tool, the total score. β Global Rating: checklist adapted for elliptical excision evaluation.
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Figure 2
Comparing videos’ popular indices by their providers. α Video Power Index: like ratio*view ratio/100. β View ratio: (like *100/[likes + dislikes]).
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