Digital and virtual classroom suturing training can cost less than face-to-face training, with printed savings of 58.9% and 44.2%¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Computer-based learning and virtual classroom training for suturing skills cost 58.9% and 44.2% less respectively than face-to-face training in one included trial. → McGee RG 2024

Evidence¶

McGee RG 2024¶

McGee RG, Wark S, Mwangi F, Drovandi A, Alele F, Malau-Aduli BS, The ACHIEVE Collaboration. (2024). Digital learning of clinical skills and its impact on medical students’ academic performance: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06471-2

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

The review attributes this cost analysis to Nathan et al. (2022), a randomised trial of suturing training formats; the review reports the printed savings of 58.9% and 44.2% versus face-to-face training. The review notes other included studies lacked detailed cost breakdowns.

"In 2022, Nathan et al. showed that computer based learning and virtual classroom training for teaching suturing skills resulted in a cost saving of 58.9% and 44.2% respectively compared to face-to-face training [17]."

Discussion¶

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