• Actas Urol Esp · Jan 2021

    Exploring the Residents' Perspective on Smart learning Modalities and Contents for Virtual Urology Education: Lesson Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    • R Campi, D Amparore, E Checcucci, F Claps, J Yuen-Chun Teoh, S Serni, R M Scarpa, F Porpiglia, D M Carrion, J Gomez Rivas, S Loeb, G E Cacciamani, F Esperto, en representación de la European Society of Residents in Urology, and Collaborators.
    • Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU), Arnhem, the Netherlands. Electronic address: riccardo.campi@gmail.com.
    • Actas Urol Esp. 2021 Jan 1; 45 (1): 39-48.

    PurposeThe COVID-19 outbreak has substantially altered residents' training activities. While several new virtual learning programs have been recently implemented, the perspective of urology trainees regarding their usefulness still needs to be investigated.MethodsA cross-sectional, 30-item, web-based Survey was conducted through Twitter from April 4th, 2020 to April 18th, 2020, aiming to evaluate the urology residents' perspective on smart learning (SL) modalities (pre-recorded videos, webinars, podcasts, and social media [SoMe]), and contents (frontal lessons, clinical case discussions, updates on Guidelines and on clinical trials, surgical videos, Journal Clubs, and seminars on leadership and non-technical skills).ResultsOverall, 501 urology residents from 58 countries completed the survey. Of these, 78.4, 78.2, 56.9 and 51.9% of them considered pre-recorded videos, interactive webinars, podcasts and SoMe highly useful modalities of smart learning, respectively. The contents considered as highly useful by the greatest proportion of residents were updates on guidelines (84.8%) and surgical videos (81.0%). In addition, 58.9 and 56.5% of responders deemed seminars on leadership and on non-technical skills highly useful smart learning contents. The three preferred combinations of smart learning modality and content were: pre-recorded surgical videos, interactive webinars on clinical cases, and pre-recorded videos on guidelines.ConclusionOur study provides the first global «big picture» of the smart learning modalities and contents that should be prioritized to optimize virtual Urology education. While this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak, our findings might have even more impact in the future.Copyright © 2020 AEU. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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