TY  - JOUR
DO  - 10.22454/PRiMER.2023.863182
VL  - 7
DA  - 2023/06/29
N2  - Background and Objectives: Social distancing and quarantine requirements imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated remote training in many learning situations that formerly focused on traditional in-person training. In this context, we developed an adaptive approach to teaching laceration repair remotely while allowing for synchronous instruction and feedback.
Methods: In April 2020, 35 family medicine residents from four programs in the Midwest United States participated in a real-time, remotely-delivered, 2-hour virtual procedure workshop of instruction in suture techniques for laceration repair. Paired-sample t tests compared scores of learner self-confidence obtained during pre- and posttests. We interpreted short-answer responses with a mixed-methods analysis. Residents submitted photos and videos of suture techniques and received formative feedback based on a predefined rubric.
Results: All residents completed the pre- and posttests. The posttest scores for self-confidence across the participants showed significant improvement for all suture techniques. Of the 67 short-answer responses, 38 responses (56.7%) were positive; 9 (13.4%) negative; 8 (11.9%) neutral; and 12 (17.9%) a combination of positive and negative. The workshop was rated by 34 residents (97.1%) as either “about the same as prior training experiences,” “better than prior training experiences,” or “much better than prior training experiences.”
Conclusion: Learners reported that a remotely-delivered, real-time, synchronous suture technique workshop was a valuable experience. Further research is needed to establish the efficacy of this platform to promote procedural competence.
PB  - Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
AU  - Stacey, Stephen K.
AU  - Boswell, Christopher L.
AU  - Cowan, Karen K.
AU  - Furlano, Anthony J.
AU  - McEleney, Mark D.
AU  - Morcomb, Erin F.
AU  - Tookey, Christopher J.
L2  - http://journals.stfm.org/primer/2023/stacey-2022-0085
L1  - http://journals.stfm.org/media/5751/primer-7-19.pdf
TI  - Remote Synchronous Laceration Repair Instruction With Summary Feedback
ER  -