Which Is Better? "Live" Surgical Broadcasts vs "As-Live" Surgical Broadcasts.

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Surgical Training
• Urology

Background:

• Live surgical broadcasts (LSB) face scrutiny due to patient and surgeon safety concerns.
• As-live surgical broadcasts (ALSB), prerecorded and unedited, are proposed as a potentially superior educational alternative.

Purpose of the Study:

• To compare the educational effectiveness of LSB versus ALSB among international urologists.
• To determine urologists' perceptions of efficiency and educational value between LSB and ALSB.

Main Methods:

• An electronic survey was administered to participants at the World Congress of Endourology.
• Participants responded before and after the congress, which exclusively featured ALSB videos.
• The survey assessed preferences and perceived educational value of LSB compared to ALSB.

Main Results:

• A significant majority (over 75%) perceived ALSB as enabling more teaching in less time.
• Over 50% of respondents considered ALSB superior to LSB in both perceived value and overall preference.
• Respondents rated ALSB videos as having higher educational value than LSB.

Conclusions:

• As-live surgical broadcasts (ALSB) are educationally non-inferior to live surgical broadcasts (LSB).
• ALSB address ethical and logistical challenges associated with LSB.
• ALSB are recommended as the preferred method for surgical demonstrations in future conferences.