ASOPRSFall Scientific SymposiumSyllabus
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Point of view (POV) VideoSurgical Training: Theuseof Consumer
Electronics toRecord andTeachOculoplastic Surgery Procedures from
theSurgeon’s Perspective
JonathanHurst, Paul Huang, Vladimir Kratky. Ophthalmology, Queen’sUniversity, Kingston, ON, Canada
Introduction:
While video has to been demonstrated to benefit the teaching of surgical skills, there have until recently been
financial and technical barriers to the creation of high quality digital recordings for oculoplastics training.Traditional ‘over-the-
shoulder’ (OTS) filming is fraught with a number of technical problems including: obstruction of camera view by the surgeon
or assistant, difficulty adjusting andmaintaining focus, poor view of small ‘keyhole’ surgical fields (eg. external-DCR), bulky
equipment (eg. tripods), and necessary compensatorymaneuvers by the surgeon tomaintain an adequate view for the camera.
For these reasons and the resource cost associatedwith older technologies, video production for oculoplastics residency training
has not kept pacewith other surgical specialties.
Methods:
We describe an inexpensive and simplemethod to create surgical teaching videos from the unobscured, direct
perspective of the oculoplastics surgeon using readily available consumer electronics.AGoPro Hero3 camera on a head-mount
accessorywas used in conjunctionwith an iPhone 5S and theGoPro iOS application to capture high definition videowith a clear
view not offered by (OTS) video capture systems.AnApple computer and proprietary video-editing softwarewere used to edit and
export videos for teaching purposes.
Results:
We created the first surgical video library of high-definition digital videos taken from the true viewpoint of anASOPRS
surgeon for the purpose of resident teaching. Our videos are free of the pitfalls of traditional OTS viewpoint and required fewer
resources to produce.
Conclusions:
POV surgical teaching videos for Oculoplastics resident training are superior to traditional OTS recording techniques
and can be createdwithminimal cost and/or technical expertise using accessible consumer electronics.
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