title: Surgical education through video broadcasting.
abstract: Surgical training is facing new obstacles. As advancements in medicine are made, surgeons are expected to know more and to be able to perform more procedures. In the western world, increasing restrictions on residency work hours are adding a new hurdle to surgical training. In low-resource settings, a low attending-to-resident ratio results in limited operative experience for residents. Advances in telemedicine may offer new methods for surgical training. In this article, the authors share their unique experience using live video broadcasting of surgery for educational purposes at a comprehensive cleft care center in Guwahati, India.
authors.affiliation: From the *Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; †Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska; §Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ∥Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; #Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Center, Guwahati, India; and ¶Operation Smile, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Nagengast
authors.forename: Margarita S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Hiteswar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatcher
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007396:Internship and Residency; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000193:education*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording