Abstract
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.
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