Surgical education performed in the museum

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K10507
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58010:Medical management and medical sociology-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Fujiwara Michitaka 名古屋大学, 医学部附属病院, 病院教授 (70378222)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 手術教育 / 外科 / 博物館 / VRミュージアム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Surgery has developed with the remarkable development of surgical devices, so the education of surgical devices has become quite important. The effect of museum as an educational resource for active learning are drawing attention in recent years. In this study I conceived a novel learning system in which trainees could explore and learn about surgical methods by themselves in the museum of surgical devices.
Initially, this museum was only physical museum constructed with actual surgical devices, however the plan was revised to physical/digital museum using VR/AR technology due to the situation of COVID infection and considering the digital transformation. Although hands-on practical skills education was difficult to do remotely, other remote education has got possible by digitalization.

Free Research Field

消化器外科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年の医療機器の目覚ましい発展により外科手術も大きく変革し，手術教育における機器の教育がかなり重要になっている。博物館教育は，学習者が五感を駆使して，展示物から自ら学び取る方法である。本研究は，手術機器の博物館において手術教育を行い，近年自然科学系や人文系博物館で教育効果が指摘されている博物館教育を外科教育に取り入れる新しい試みである。本研究期間中にCOVID感染状況のため，実機や対面教育に制約が生じたこともあり，デジタル重視の博物館に計画を修正したが，構築したデジタル（VR/AR）博物館は，学習者の学びにも対応しながら，遠隔をふくめた外科教育を可能にし，外科教育DXを進展させることができた。