Simulation-Based Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops: A Reproducible Model for Sustainable Education. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kantar, Rami S.; Breugem, Corstiaan C.; Keith, Kristen; Kassam, Serena; Vijayakumar, Charanya; Bow, Mikaela; Alfonso, Allyson R.; Chahine, Elsa M.; Ghotmi, Lilian H.; Patel, Krishna G.; Shetye, Pradip R.; Santiago, Pedro E.; Losee, Joseph E.; Steinbacher, Derek M.; Rossell-Perry, Percy; Garib, Daniela G.; Alonso, Nivaldo; Mann, Robert J.; Prada-Madrid, Jose Rolando; Esenlik, Elçin; Pamplona, María del Carmen; Collares, Marcus Vinícius Martins; Bennun, Ricardo D.; Kummer, Ann; Giugliano, Carlos; Padwa, Bonnie L.; Raposo-Amaral, Cassio Eduardo; Tse, Raymond; Sommerlad, Brian; Flores, Roberto L.; Hamdan, Usama S.;
• Is Part Of: Cleft palate-craniofacial journal. Volume 57:Number 10(2020)
• Page Start: 1238
• Page End: 1246
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: ethics/health policies -- oral health -- palatoplasty -- lip form -- lip function; Cleft palate -- Periodicals; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Cranial manipulation -- Periodicals; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Face -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Fente palatine -- Périodiques; Crâne -- Malformations -- Périodiques; Manipulation crânienne -- Périodiques; Crâne -- Malformations -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Face -- Malformations -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Cleft palate; Cranial manipulation; Face -- Abnormalities -- Surgery; Skull -- Abnormalities; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Surgery; Cleft Lip; Cleft Palate; Facial Bones -- abnormalities; Skull -- abnormalities; Periodicals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.522
• DOI: 10.1177/1055665620944781
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1055-6656

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshops as a reproducible model for education with sustained impact. Design: Cross-sectional survey-based evaluation. Setting: Simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop. Participants: Total of 180 participants. Interventions: Three-day simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop. Main Outcome Measures: Number of workshop participants stratified by specialty, satisfaction with the workshop, satisfaction with simulation-based workshops as educational tools, impact on cleft surgery procedural confidence, short-term impact on clinical practice, medium-term impact on clinical practice. Results: The workshop included 180 participants from 5 continents. The response rate was 54.5%, with participants reporting high satisfaction with all aspects of the workshop and with simulation-based workshops as educational tools. Participants reported a significant improvement in cleft lip (33.3 ± 5.7 vs 25.7 ± 7.6; P < .001) and palate (32.4 ± 7.1 vs 23.7 ± 6.6; P < .001) surgery procedural confidence following the simulation sessions. Participants also reported a positive short-term and medium-term impact on their clinical practices. Conclusion: Simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshops are well received by participants, lead to improved cleft surgery procedural confidence, and have a sustained positive impact on participants' clinical practices. Future efforts should focus on evaluating and quantifying this perceived positive impact, as well reproducing these efforts in other areas of need.