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The reach of Spanish-language YouTube videos on physical examinations made by undergraduate medical students.

ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to evaluate the performance and reach of YouTube videos on physical examinations made by Spanish university students. We analyzed performance metrics for 4 videos on physical examinations in Spanish that were created by medical students at Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain) and are available on YouTube, on the following topics: the head and neck (7:30), the cardiovascular system (7:38), the respiratory system (13:54), and the abdomen (11:10). We used the Analytics application offered by the YouTube platform to analyze the reach of the videos from the upload date (February 17, 2015) to July 28, 2017 (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days). The total number of views, length of watch-time, and the mean view duration for the 4 videos were, respectively: 164,403 views (mean, 41,101 views; range, 12,389 to 94,573 views), 425,888 minutes (mean, 106,472 minutes; range, 37,889 to 172,840 minutes), and 2:56 minutes (range, 1:49 to 4:03 minutes). Mexico was the most frequent playback location, followed by Spain, Colombia, and Venezuela. Uruguay, Ecuador, Mexico, and Puerto Rico had the most views per 100,000 population. Spanish-language tutorials are an alternative tool for teaching physical examination skills to students whose first language is not English. The videos were especially popular in Uruguay, Ecuador, and Mexico.

SUBMITTER: Ramos-Rincon JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5801321 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The reach of Spanish-language YouTube videos on physical examinations made by undergraduate medical students.

Ramos-Rincón José M JM Belinchón-Romero Isabel I Sánchez-Ferrer Francisco F Sánchez-Ferrer Francisco F Torre Guillermo Martínez-de la GM Harris Meggan M Sánchez-Fernández Javier J

Journal of educational evaluation for health professions 20171219

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance and reach of YouTube videos on physical examinations made by Spanish university students. We analyzed performance metrics for 4 videos on physical examinations in Spanish that were created by medical students at Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain) and are available on YouTube, on the following topics: the head and neck (7:30), the cardiovascular system (7:38), the respiratory system (13:54), and the abdomen (11:10). We used the Analytic ...[more]

PMID: 29278903

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The reach of Spanish-language YouTube videos on physical examinations made by undergraduate medical students.

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The reach of Spanish-language YouTube videos on physical examinations made by undergraduate medical students.

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