title: Protocol Standards for Reporting Video Data in Academic Journals.
abstract: Editors of biomedical journals have estimated that a majority (40%-90%) of studies published in scientific journals cannot be replicated, even though an inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build on published claims. Each journal sets its own protocols for establishing "quality" in articles, yet over the past 50 years, few journals in any field--especially medical education--have specified protocols for reporting the use of video data in research. The authors found that technical and industry-driven aspects of video recording, as well as a lack of standardization and reporting requirements by research journals, have led to major limitations in the ability to assess or reproduce video data used in research. Specific variables in the videotaping process (e.g., camera angle), which can be changed or be modified, affect the quality of recorded data, leading to major reporting errors and, in turn, unreliable conclusions. As more data are now in the form of digital videos, the historical lack of reporting standards makes it increasingly difficult to accurately replicate medical educational studies. Reproducibility is especially important as the medical education community considers setting national high-stakes standards in medicine and surgery based on video data. The authors of this Perspective provide basic protocol standards for investigators and journals using video data in research publications so as to allow for reproducibility.
authors.affiliation: P.A. Rowland is professor, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. R.C. Ignacio Jr is assistant clinical professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, based at Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California. M.A. de Moya is associate professor, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Romeo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ignacio
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Moya
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D014741:Video Recording / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*