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Surgical videos: using the most efficient medium. AGOF’s associative experience
In 2010, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) issued the famous slogan for apprentice surgeons: "Never perform surgery on a patient for the first time" (1). It is sometimes difficult for a young surgeon to accept that he or she has not received sufficient...
The role of educational surgical videos for gynaecology and obstetrics residents
How can we offer obstetrics and gynaecology residents high-quality surgical training at a time when the number of "simple surgeries" is decreasing due to an increase in complex recruitments in expert centres, when the time devoted to them is being reduced due to...
Clinical Practice Guide and Recommendations for Creating an Educational Video in Laparoscopic Surgery
A true educational tool, the creation of educational videos in laparoscopic surgery is subject to certain standards. This includes presenting the clinical case, imaging, the surgical technique, as well as post-operative care and anatomopathological results. Here's...
Is live surgery without risk ?
Live surgery has become a popular format used in many educational surgical congresses/meetings. Live teaching of anatomy and surgery has been relevant since the 18th century to train generations of surgeons through observation. The first laparoscopic operation...
Surgical videos at the “Journée des Initiatives pédagogiques” of Université Paris Cité 2023
The team, with Kevin Serror, Stylianos Tzedakis and François Simon, being invited to present the educational surgical video platform at Université Paris Cité's Pedagogical Innovation Day on 30 November 2023! In force Three of us were promoting the educational surgical...
Create an attractive teaser to promote your surgical video
When you want to publish an educational surgical video online, it's important to create a teaser: it's the first thing you see that will make Internet users want to watch the video. As surgical videos have their own specific codes, so do teasers. Catch the eye...
Promoting your educational surgical video on social networks: do’s and don’ts
LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter)... These new platforms, widely used in the world of surgery as information platforms, are also interesting for relaying educational content, such as surgical videos. However, their use is subject to a number of codes....
Editing surgical videos on your smartphone: pros and cons
Using your smartphone to edit an educational surgical video has its advantages: the softwares are often easy to use, and this method requires no tools other than a smartphone. However, it also has its limitations and is not suitable for all uses. Capcut Capcut,...
Technical norms and guidelines to create subtitles for an educational surgical video
A key educational tool and a way to increase your audience, subtitling is subject to certain standards. Display time, colours, number of characters per line... Here's everything you need to know about effective subtitling. Subtitle alignment Aligned left or centre,...
Subtitles in an educational surgical video: video editing software or Youtube?
Subtitles make a video more accessible, particularly for the hard of hearing, those for who the language used is not the mother-tongue or those who don't have access to sound at the time of viewing. International broadcast Whatever the viewing medium, the ability to...
How to use Audacity : software tutorials
When creating videos, particularly surgical videos, sound processing can be a determining factor in the final quality of the video. Software exists to optimise this. Audacity is one of them: free and powerful, it is used by professionals and beginners alike. A guide...
How to prepare and write the narration for an educational surgical video?
Narration is important for surgical videos: directly linked to their educational potential, it helps to support the message and emphasise what is important. But good narration also requires preparation beforehand. Here's everything you need to know about advice, best...