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Effectiveness of, and Satisfaction with, a Microsurgical Testicular Sperm Extraction Knowledge and Skills Masterclass for a World-Wide Audience

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submitted on 2024-08-06, 12:47 and posted on 2024-08-06, 12:49 authored by Walid El Ansari, Mohamed Arafa, Merilyn Lock, Rupin Shah, Ashok Agarwal

Purpose

This is the first study to assess the impact of an online microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) masterclass. We: 1) describe the masterclass’s scientific content; 2) appraise the participants’ acquisition of knowledge; 3) gauge whether the extent of improvement of the participants’ knowledge/skills was influenced by demographic/professional attributes; and 4) evaluate the participants’ satisfaction.

Materials and Methods

This masterclass comprised five didactic lectures followed by 4 case discussions. Online surveys assessed the above objectives using a baseline questionnaire including demographics and past mTESE experience/training, a 24-question pre- and post-quiz, and a satisfaction questionnaire.

Results

Participants were between 20–70 years old, with 80.37% males, mainly from Asia, Africa, and Europe, from clinical backgrounds (69.3%), and in public practice (64.4%). Half the sample reported no past mTESE training and very low skills, ≈60% wanted considerably more training, and 50% felt that good training was not readily available. Satisfaction was 98% to >99%. Pre- and post-quiz comparisons confirmed remarkable improvements in knowledge/skills, exhibiting five striking characteristics. Improvements were a) Broad i.e., across 19 of the 24 mTESE questions; b) Deep, of magnitude, as pre-/post-quiz scores improved from mean 13.71±4.13 to 17.06±4.73; c) Highly significant, consistently with p-values <0.001; d) Inclusive i.e., all participants enhanced their mTESE knowledge/skills regardless of demographic/professional attributes; and, e) Differential, e.g., non-clinical/clinical participants improved, but the former improved relatively significantly more, those with ≤5-year experience improved significantly more than those with >5-year, those in public practice significantly more than private practice participants, and those with lower self-rating in performing mTESE significantly more than those with higher self-rating.

Conclusions

The masterclass was successful with very high satisfaction levels, and markedly improved mTESE knowledge/skills among the participants. Global Andrology Forum’s model can be adopted by organizations with similar goals. Future research needs to evaluate such training to develop a practically non-existent evidence base.

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Published in: The World Journal of Men's Health
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.230195

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Language

  • English

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Publication Year

  • 2024

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This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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  • Hamad Bin Khalifa University
  • College of Health and Life Sciences - HBKU
  • Hamad Medical Corporation
  • Hamad General Hospital - HMC
  • Qatar University
  • Qatar University Health - QU
  • College of Medicine - QU HEALTH
  • Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

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