Simulation-Based Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops: A Reproducible Model for Sustainable Education
Author(s)
Rami S. Kantar
Corstiaan C. Breugem
Kristen Keith
Serena N. Kassam
Charanya Vijayakumar
Mikaela Bow
Allyson R. Alfonso
Elsa M. Chahine
Lilian H. Ghotmi
Krishna G. Patel
Pradip R. Shetye
Pedro E. Santiago
Joseph E. Losee
Derek M. Steinbacher
Daniela Gamba Garib
Nivaldo Alonso
Robert J. Mann
Jose Rolando Prada-Madrid
Elçin Esenlik
María del Carmen Pamplona
Marcus Vinícius Martins Collares
Ricardo D. Bennun
Ann W. Kummer
Carlos Giugliano
Bonnie L. Padwa
Cássio Eduardo Raposo-Amaral
Raymond Tse
Brian C. Sommerlad
Roberto L. Flores
Usama S. Hamdan
Date Issued
30 de julio de 2020
Type
Article
Volume
57
Issue
10
Start Page
1238
End Page
1246
Abstract
Objective: Evaluate simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshops as a reproducible model for education with sustained impact. Design: Cross-sectional survey-based evaluation. Setting: Simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop. Participants: Total of 180 participants. Interventions: Three-day simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop. Main Outcome Measures: Number of workshop participants stratified by specialty, satisfaction with the workshop, satisfaction with simulation-based workshops as educational tools, impact on cleft surgery procedural confidence, short-term impact on clinical practice, medium-term impact on clinical practice. Results: The workshop included 180 participants from 5 continents. The response rate was 54.5%, with participants reporting high satisfaction with all aspects of the workshop and with simulation-based workshops as educational tools. Participants reported a significant improvement in cleft lip (33.3 ± 5.7 vs 25.7 ± 7.6; P < .001) and palate (32.4 ± 7.1 vs 23.7 ± 6.6; P < .001) surgery procedural confidence following the simulation sessions. Participants also reported a positive short-term and medium-term impact on their clinical practices. Conclusion: Simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshops are well received by participants, lead to improved cleft surgery procedural confidence, and have a sustained positive impact on participants’ clinical practices. Future efforts should focus on evaluating and quantifying this perceived positive impact, as well reproducing these efforts in other areas of need.
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