The experience of remote videoconferencing to enhance emergency resident education using Google Hangouts
- Author:
Sang Gil HAN
1
;
Ju young HONG
;
Yoong Jung HWANG
;
Incheol PARK
;
Sung Phil CHUNG
;
Junho CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. emjh@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Videoconferencing;
Emergency medicine;
Education;
Hangout
- MeSH:
Education;
Electrocardiography;
Emergencies;
Emergency Medicine;
Internship and Residency;
Learning;
Lectures;
Running;
Self-Assessment;
Ventilators, Mechanical;
Videoconferencing
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2019;30(3):224-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: It is difficult for emergency residents to attend all the lectures that are required because of the limited labor time. The Google Hangouts program for has been used as a remote videoconference to overcome the limit to provide equal opportunities and reduce the time and costs since 2015. This article reports the authors' experiences of running a residency education program using Google Hangouts. METHODS: From 2015, topics on the emergency radiology were lectured to emergency residents in three different hospitals connected by Google Hangouts. From 2017, electrocardiography analysis, emergency radiology, ventilator application, and journal review were selected for the remote videoconference. The residents' self-assessment score, and a posteducation satisfaction questionnaire were surveyed. RESULTS: Twenty-nine emergency residents responded to the questionnaire after using the Google Hangouts. The number of participants before and after Hangout increased significantly in other two hospitals. All the residents answered that the score on achieving the learning goal increased before and after the videoconference lectures. All the residents answered that the training program is more satisfactory after using the Google Hangouts than before. CONCLUSION: All emergency residents were satisfied and were more confident after the remote videoconference education using the Google Hangouts than before.