title: Hands-On Surgical Training Workshop: an Active Role-Playing Patient Education for Adolescents.
abstract: Most patient education involves passive learning. To improve patient education regarding surgery, an active learning workshop-based teaching method is proposed. The objective of this study was to assess level of patient surgical knowledge, achievement of workshop learning objectives, patient apprehension about future surgery, and participant workshop satisfaction after completing a surgical training workshop. A four-station workshop (surgical scrub, surgical suture, laparoscopic surgery, and robotic surgery) was developed to teach four important components of the surgical process. Healthy, surgery-naive adolescents were enrolled to attend this 1-h workshop-based training program. Training received by participants was technically and procedurally identical to training received by actual surgeons. Pre- and post-workshop questionnaires were used to assess learning outcomes. There were 1312 participants, with a mean age 15.9 ± 1.1 years and a gender breakdown of 303 males and 1009 females. For surgical knowledge, mean pre-workshop and post-workshop scores were 6.1 ± 1.5 and 7.5 ± 1.5 (out of 10 points), respectively (p < 0.001). Out of 5 possible points, achievement of learning objectives, decreased apprehension about future surgery, and overall workshop satisfaction scores were all higher than 4.5. Active, hands-on patient education is an effective way to improve understanding of surgery-related processes. This teaching method may also decrease apprehension that patients or potential patients harbor regarding a future surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. apinutme@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Apinut
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-1090
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wongkietkachorn
authors.affiliation: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Pangpoom
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boonyawong
authors.affiliation: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Peera
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rhunsiri
authors.affiliation: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kasaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tantiphlachiva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012381:Role Playing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Hands-on workshop; Patient education; Role-playing; Surgical education