Web Based Teachingin

Surgery and MedicineAlp Numanoglu

Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital University of Cape Town

Paediatric Surgery

• 100 Paediatric Surgeons – sub-Saharan Africa• Most in Nigeria and South Africa

• 300 million children

• Improving service by teaching and research

Medical & Surgical Education

Traditionally

• Professor

• Lecture

• Hands on experience

Computer assisted• Microcomputers• Cell phones• Software• Online technologies• Network• Wi-Fi• Tele-education• Micro-chips• Bandwidth

• Digital theatres

• Surgical Skills Training Centre

• Web based teaching / Tele-education

Video streaming

Generation Y

• Born in 1983 or after• Tech-Savvy• Family-Centric• Achievement-Oriented• Team-Oriented• Attention-Craving

Generation Y in South Africa

• 99% use the internet – most about 2 hours a da• 73% access the internet on their phone• 11% watch webinars / webisodes (online seminars /

online episodes)• 91% use facebook; 30% use twitter, 69% have a Mxit

account • 50% use Google as a Search Engine – 50% use

facebook• 60% spend more than 5hrs a day on facebook• 84% use facebook to send messages rather than email

Need and Resources

• June 2010: Regular teaching taking place during predetermined days/times

• How to broadcast this to other sites?• Free software for webcasts – Worked well for Power Point– Difficulty in sharing videos

Adobe connect pro meeting layout

No additional hardware;Laptop/PC &

SpeakersNo software download

Internet browser basedMultiple presenters / participants

Live discussions and Polls

Bandwidth issues

• Over 200 meetings conducted• Unable to present once• Once no link with Europe (African sites

worked)• Never had no attendees• Some colleagues unable to join due to

connectivity issues ie Malawi

Different uses of Web Based Education

• Web based lectures– Friday 2pm paediatric surgery lectures– Monday am Nursing meetings

• Panel discussion– SASES MAS series started in November 2012

• Web congresses– Colo-rectal meetings– Policlinico Research and Eduation meetings– IPSRS November 2013 meeting

• Skills training– Video-laryngoscopy– Nasopharyngeal endoscopy

• Tele-medicine

Ebola

SAAPS EXCO meetings

Web Congress

Recordings

Cell Phones

30% of current participants are using mobile devices

Google glassGoPro Camera

Audit

Interestwww.surgicalskills.co.za

Countries regularly join us

Conclusion

• Generation Y• Halstedian system is changing• Webinars increasingly used• Convenient and cost effective• Technology continuously improving• Congresses will remain (networking, etc) but

there will be increased information transfer opportunities via online methods