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Benefit of an action camera in endoscopy education for medical students under COVID-19

Authors :
Akira Uchiyama
Shunhei Yamashina
Toshifumi Sato
Satoshi Sakuma
Yuichi Tomiki
Hiroyuki Isayama
Akihito Nagahara
Kenichi Ikejima
Source :
BMC Medical Education, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
BMC, 2023.

Abstract

Abstract Background Endoscopy is an important form of clinical gastroenterology education because it gives students the opportunity to learn about diagnosis procedures and even treatment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical students were observed from outside the endoscopy room due to the risk of airborne infection. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of combining endoscopy education with doctor’s-eye-view videos of the procedure obtained using live-action cameras (GoPro®). Methods From February to May 2021, endoscopists wore GoPro Hero8 cameras on their heads to display a doctor’s-eye view video outside the room. The efficacy of the GoPro videos in combination with endoscopic monitoring was evaluated by 15 participating medical students. The participants rated the efficacy on a 5-point scale and commented on the positive and negative points. Results A total of 78.6% of participants evaluated the GoPro as good; 57.2% answered that it increased their understanding, with 71.4% stating that it increased their understanding of procedures in particular. A total of 85.7% of the students answered that their interest in endoscopy had increased, and 85.7% evaluated the benefit of the GoPro videos as good. In addition, 64.3% answered that the method was effective in preventing COVID-19 infection. Education using GoPro videos enabled students to feel as if they were conducting the endoscopy themselves and enabled them to concentrate on learning. Conclusions Practical endoscopic education using a GoPro is an effective educational tool that not only increases understanding of endoscopic practice but also stimulates students’ interest and awareness of their future as doctors.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14726920
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
BMC Medical Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.82ef47e298c1469595e4065b31cdecf6
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04702-6