Synchronous distance anesthesia education by Internet videoconference between Uganda and the United States.
J Clin Anesth
; 27(6): 499-503, 2015 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26001319
ABSTRACT
STUDY OBJECTIVE:
We evaluated the effectiveness of anesthesia education delivered via Internet videoconferencing between the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.DESIGN:
This is a prospective educational study.SETTING:
The setting is the education in 2 hospitals in Uganda and the United States.SUBJECTS:
The subjects are anesthesia residents.INTERVENTIONS:
The interventions are anesthesia education lectures delivered in person and via Internet videoconferencing. MEASUREMENTS The average pre-lecture and post-lecture scores of the local, remote, and combined audiences were compared. MAINRESULTS:
Post-lecture test scores improved over pre-lecture scores local audience, 59% ± 22% to 81% ± 16%, P = .0002, g = 1.144; remote audience, 51% ± 19% to 81% ± 8%, P < .0001, g = 2.058; and combined scores, 56% ± 14% to 82% ± 8%, P < .0001, g = 2.069).CONCLUSIONS:
Transfer of anesthetic knowledge occurs via small group lectures delivered both in person and remotely via synchronous Internet videoconferencing. This technique may be useful to expand educational capacity and international cooperation between academic institutions, a particular priority in the growing field of global health.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Distance
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Internet
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Videoconferencing
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Anesthesiology
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
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America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Anesth
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article