The First & Second Digital Medical Illustration Workshop for Cleft Providers

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Digital Health
• Surgical Illustration

Background:

• Digital medical illustration offers potential benefits for patient care and medical education.
• Workshops were conducted for cleft care providers to explore these benefits.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess the effectiveness and participant satisfaction of medical illustration workshops.
• To gauge the perceived value of digital medical illustration in surgical and academic practice among cleft providers.

Main Methods:

• Two medical illustration workshops were held during annual cleft provider meetings.
• A survey was administered to participants to collect data on background, opinions on illustration in medical practice, and workshop satisfaction.

Main Results:

• 38 participants completed the survey, with varying self-assessed artistic abilities.
• A majority of participants agreed that learning illustration would benefit surgical practice (22 somewhat agreed) and academic practice (24 somewhat agreed).
• High satisfaction was reported, with 23 participants strongly agreeing the content was relevant and 27 strongly agreeing the workshop increased their interest.

Conclusions:

• The medical illustration workshops received positive feedback and were deemed successful.
• Cleft providers acknowledge the potential benefits of digital medical illustration for surgical and academic applications.
• Increased interest in digital medical illustration was observed among participants.