Simulation-Based Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops: A Reproducible Model for Sustainable Education

Kantar R.S.; Breugem C.C.; Keith K.; Kassam S.; Vijayakumar C.; Bow M.; Alfonso A.R.; Chahine E.M.; Ghotmi L.H.; Patel K.G.; Shetye P.R.; Santiago P.E.; Losee J.E.; Steinbacher D.M.; Rossell-Perry P.; Garib D.G.; Alonso N.; Mann R.J.; Prada-Madrid J.R.; Esenlik E.; Pamplona M.D.C.; Collares M.V.M.; Bennun R.D.; Kummer A.; Giugliano C.; Padwa B.L.; Raposo-Amaral C.E.; Tse R.; Sommerlad B.; Flores R.L.; Hamdan U.S. · Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal (2020) · DOI: 10.1177/1055665620944781

Resumen

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. © American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. All rights reserved 2020.