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Revista argentina de cirugía
Print version ISSN 2250-639XOn-line version ISSN 2250-639X
Abstract
PETRACCHI, Enrique J. et al. Use of podcasts as educational tool in a residency program in general surgery in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Rev. argent. cir. [online]. 2022, vol.114, n.1, pp.36-43. ISSN 2250-639X. http://dx.doi.org/10.25132/raac.v114.n1.1650.
Background:
COVID-19 pandemic altered the training of residents in surgery, reducing their opportunities to learn. Reading and analyzing scientific paper via podcasts could be an option to mitigate such problem.
Objective:
The aim of this study is to evaluate residents in surgery acceptance of the use of podcasts as a new educational tool.
Material and methods:
We conducted a longitudinal, analytical and exploratory study between May and December 2020. Each week, a resident was in charge of reading, analyzing and preparing a recorded presentation in the format of a podcast of an article selected by a staff physician. The residents’ experience was assessed by means of a Likert-type questionnaire designed by the investigators.
Results:
A total of 37 podcasts were recorded with a total number of plays of 2091. All the residents reported that this tool encouraged the academic peer discussion, 88% responded that it generated research questions and 43% agreed that listening to the podcasts served as inspiration to perform a bibliographic search.
Conclusion:
Reading and analyzing scientific papers via podcasts is well accepted and could be an additional tool for learning in atypical times.
Keywords : Telemedicine; General Surgery; Internship and residency; COVID-19; Education; Medical Webcast.