Livestreaming Microsurgery Education: An Avenue to Expand Global Plastic Surgery

oleh: Sahand C. Eftekari, BS, Weifeng Zeng, MD, Ellen C. Shaffrey, MD, Katherine D. Reuter Munoz, MD, D’Andrea T. Donnelly, BA, Aaron M. Dingle, PhD, Samuel O. Poore, MD, PhD

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer 2024-05-01

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Summary:. Microsurgery is a complex subspecialty requiring fine manual dexterity and a thorough understanding of microsurgical techniques, requiring years of training to reach proficiency. On a global scale, trainees may not have access to a longitudinal microsurgery curriculum and instead attend brief courses to learn microsurgical techniques, limiting their ability to practice the nuances of microsurgery. There remains a gap in global microsurgical education for trainees to have consistent educational exposure. This article presents a novel and easy to use software-based microsurgical system for virtual microsurgical teaching. In doing so, this system provides a free-of-cost and highly accessible avenue to deliver consistent microsurgical education worldwide.