Imperial College London
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Dr James Kinross

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Reader in General Surgery
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3312 1947j.kinross

 
 
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1029Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Sivananthan:2022:10.2196/35674,
author = {Sivananthan, A and Gueroult, A and Zijlstra, G and Martin, G and Baheerathan, A and Pratt, P and Darzi, A and Patel, N and Kinross, J},
doi = {10.2196/35674},
journal = {JMIR Formative Research},
pages = {1--7},
title = {A feasibility trial of HoloLens 2™;  Using mixed reality headsets to deliver remote bedside teaching during COVID-19},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35674},
volume = {6},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundCOVID-19 has had a catastrophic impact measured in human lives. Medical education has also been impacted: appropriately stringent infection control policies have precluded medical trainees from attending clinical teaching. Lecture-based education has been easily transferred to a digital platform, but bedside teaching has not. This study aims to assess the feasibility of using a mixed reality (MR) headset to deliver remote bedside teaching.MethodsTwo MR sessions were led by senior doctors wearing the HoloLens™ headset. The trainers selected patients requiring their specialist input. The headset allowed bi-directional audio-visual communication between the trainer and trainee doctors. Trainee doctor conceptions of bedside teaching, impact of COVID-19 on bedside teaching and the MR sessions were evaluated using pre- and post-round questionnaires, using Likert scales. Data related to clinician exposure to at risk patients and use of PPE were collected.ResultsPre-questionnaire respondents (n=24) strongly agreed that bedside teaching is key to educating clinicians (7, IQR 6-7). Post-session questionnaires showed that overall users subjectively agreed the MR session was helpful to their learning (6, IQR 5.25 – 7) and that it was worthwhile (6, IQR 5.25 – 7). Mixed-reality versus in-person teaching led to a 79.5% reduction in cumulative clinician exposure time and 83.3% reduction in PPE use. ConclusionsThis study is proof of principle that HoloLens™ can be used effectively to deliver clinical bedside teaching  This novel format confers significant advantages in terms of: minimising exposure of trainees to COVID-19; saving PPE; enabling larger attendance; and convenient accessible real-time clinical training.
AU  - Sivananthan,A
AU  - Gueroult,A
AU  - Zijlstra,G
AU  - Martin,G
AU  - Baheerathan,A
AU  - Pratt,P
AU  - Darzi,A
AU  - Patel,N
AU  - Kinross,J
DO  - 10.2196/35674
EP  - 7
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2561-326X
SP  - 1
TI  - A feasibility trial of HoloLens 2™;  Using mixed reality headsets to deliver remote bedside teaching during COVID-19
T2  - JMIR Formative Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35674
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2022/5/e35674
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96124
VL  - 6
ER  -
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