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Educational value of surgical videos on YouTube: quality assessment of laparoscopic appendectomy videos by senior surgeons vs. novice trainees
Elisa ReitanoSalomone Di SaverioAleix Martínez-pérezMargherita NotarnicolaNicola De’angelisSolafah AbdallaPietro GenovaValerio CelentanoRiccardo MemeoNiccolò PetruccianiMaria Clotilde CarraPaschalis GavriilidisFrancesco Brunettisubject
Educational videos; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Resident surgeons; Surgical training; YouTube; Appendectomy; Health Education; Humans; Internet; Laparoscopy; Social Media; Surgical Procedures Operative; Video RecordingLaparoscopic surgerymedicine.medical_specialtyResident surgeonsmedicine.medical_treatmentSurgical training[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]Video Recordinglcsh:SurgeryEducational videoVideo qualityLikert scale03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCronbach's alphaLaparoscopic appendectomySurgical technicalAppendectomyHumansMedicineMedical physicsHealth EducationEducational videoseducational videos; laparoscopic appendectomy; resident surgeons; surgical training; youtube; appendectomy; health education; humans; internet; laparoscopy; social media; surgical procedures; operative; video recordingInternetSurgical ProceduresQuality assessmentbusiness.industryYouTubelcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aidlcsh:RD1-811lcsh:RC86-88.9Video imageOperative3. Good healthSettore MED/18 - Chirurgia GeneraleSurgical Procedures Operative030220 oncology & carcinogenesisEmergency MedicineHigh definitionLaparoscopy030211 gastroenterology & hepatologySurgeryResident surgeonbusinessSocial MediaResearch Articledescription
Background To prepare for surgery, surgeons often recur to surgical videos, with YouTube being reported as the preferred source. This study aimed to compare the evaluation of three surgical trainees and three senior surgeons of the 25 most viewed laparoscopic appendectomy videos listed on YouTube. Additionally, we assessed the video conformity to the published guidelines on how to report laparoscopic surgery videos (LAP-VEGaS). Methods Based on the number of visualization, the 25 most viewed videos on laparoscopic appendectomy uploaded on YouTube between 2010 and 2018 were selected. Videos were evaluated on the surgical technical performance (GOALS score), critical view of safety (CVS), and overall video quality and utility. Results Video image quality was poor for nine (36%) videos, good for nine (36%), and in high definition for seven (28%). Educational content (e.g., audio or written commentary) was rarely present. With the exception of the overall level of difficulty, poor consistency was observed for the GOALS domains between senior surgeons and trainees. Fifteen videos (60%) demonstrated a satisfactory CVS score (≥ 5). Concerning the overall video quality, agreement among senior surgeons was higher (Cronbach’s alpha 0.897) than among trainees (Cronbach’s alpha 0.731). The mean overall videos utility (Likert scale, 1 to 5) was 1.92 (SD 0.88) for senior examiners, and 3.24 (SD 1.02) for trainee examiners. The conformity to the LAP-VEGaS guidelines was weak, with a median value of 8.1% (range 5.4–18.9%). Conclusion Laparoscopic videos represent a useful and appropriate educational tool but they are not sufficiently reviewed to obtained standard quality. A global effort should be made to improve the educational value of the uploaded surgical videos, starting from the application of the nowadays-available LAP-VEGaS guidelines. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13017-019-0241-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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