Innovation in Pediatric Surgical Education for General Surgery Residents: A Mobile Web Resource.
OBJECTIVE
General surgery residents lack a standardized educational experience in pediatric surgery. We hypothesized that the development of a mobile educational interface would provide general surgery residents broader access to pediatric surgical education materials.


METHODS
We created an educational mobile website for general surgery residents rotating on pediatric surgery, which included a curriculum, multimedia resources, the Operative Performance Rating Scale (OPRS), and Twitter functionality. Residents were instructed to consult the curriculum. Residents and faculty posted media using the Twitter hashtag, #UCLAPedSurg, and following each surgical procedure reviewed performance via the OPRS. Site visits, Twitter posts, and OPRS submissions were quantified from September 2013 to July 2014.


RESULTS
The pediatric surgery mobile website received 257 hits; 108 to the homepage, 107 to multimedia, 28 to the syllabus, and 19 to the OPRS. All eligible residents accessed the content. The Twitter hashtag, #UCLAPedSurg, was assigned to 20 posts; the overall audience reach was 85 individuals. Participants in the mobile OPRS included 11 general surgery residents and 4 pediatric surgery faculty.


CONCLUSIONS
Pediatric surgical education resources and operative performance evaluations are effectively administered to general surgery residents via a structured mobile platform.
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: josh.rouch@gmail.com.
Joshua D
JD
Rouch
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Justin P
JP
Wagner
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Andrew
A
Scott
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Veronica F
VF
Sullins
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
David C
DC
Chen
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Daniel A
DA
DeUgarte
Division of Pediatric Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Stephen B
SB
Shew
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Areti
A
Tillou
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
James C Y
JC
Dunn
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Steven L
SL
Lee
D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*
Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; System-Based Practice; mobile technology; social media; surgical education; surgical milestones