Key result
Combined visual and verbal feedback improves surgical technique and learning efficiency over either modality alone.
Why the study?
Real-time surgical feedback improves correct technique, but the comparative effectiveness of combined visual and verbal feedback versus single-modality feedback was unclear.
Does a combination of visual and verbal feedback improve learning efficiency and correct technique in surgical trainees compared to verbal or visual feedback alone?
Does a combination of visual and verbal feedback improve learning efficiency and correct technique in surgical trainees compared to verbal or visual feedback alone?
Combining visual and verbal real-time feedback improves surgical technique learning efficiency for trainees compared to either modality alone.
Combined visual-verbal feedback should be adopted in surgical training; extends RCT evidence on multimodal learning efficiency.
Real-time surgical feedback—regardless of type—allows for marked improvement in correct technique. Additionally, a combination of both visual and verbal feedback may help surgical trainees learn more efficiently than verbal or visual feedback alone.
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Wong et al. (2024) studied this question. Real-time surgical feedback markedly improves correct technique, with a combination of visual and verbal feedback helping surgical trainees learn more efficiently than either modality alone.
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