We transformed a Surgical Skills Fundamentals Practical Laboratory class into a multimodal on-line learning platform. The vision was to support and engage students with practical skills development while tradition teaching modalities were unavailable in the Pandemic. The Learning platform included pre-reading materials, demonstration videos, a real time zoom skills workshop, and self help quizzes that enabled students to gauge their understanding of important concepts.
This teaching initiative enabled students to engage with the practical component of the surgery curriculum from home. Access to the on-line materials encouraged students to practice and begin the process of self assessment of competency. The zoom skills workshop had excellent attendance and students interacted enthusiastically with demonstrators. The final step of this process will be a succinct face to face session in second semester to ensure required learning outcomes are achieved.