title: [New technologies in minimally invasive surgery training: what do surgeons demand?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Minimally invasive surgery might greatly benefit from the Information and Communications Technologies. The objective of this work is to determine the better approach to include those technologies, in particular an e-Learning platform, into an in-person training course.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online survey was sent to all participants in any of the laparoscopic training courses at Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre. This survey included questions regarding new technologies used for training. Once all data were gathered, a descriptive analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  382 questionnaires were sent of which 102 were correctly received back. This means a response rate equal to 30%. Current theoretical training means are watching surgical videos (85-83.3%) and assisting to in-person training courses (77-75.5%). Participants rated as useful the use of new technologies for training (4.1 ± 0.9) and they would mainly use it both before and after assisting to an in-person training course (80-78.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is proposed a methodology that provides participants with didactic resources based on surgical videos, both before and after assisting to an in-person training course. Through the application of this methodology, an improvement and reduction of the time that surgeons expend in training is aimed.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Bioingeniería y Tecnologías Sanitarias, Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Cáceres, Spain. lfsanchez@ccmijesususon.com.
authors.forename: Luisa Fernanda
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Peralta
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Formación, Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Bioingeniería y Tecnologías Sanitarias, Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: José Blas
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Pagador
authors.affiliation: Dirección Científica, Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Miguel
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Margallo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003625:Data Collection; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D062069:Inventions; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Surgical procedures, minimally invasive; cirugía de mínima invasión; e-Learning; education, distance; formación quirúrgica; laparoscopy education; multimedia; videos quirúrgicos