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Protocol Standards for Reporting Video Data in Academic Journals. Acad Med 2016 Apr;91(4):485-90

Date

12/18/2015

Pubmed ID

26675190

DOI

10.1097/ACM.0000000000001032

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84950109174 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)

Abstract

Editors of biomedical journals have estimated that a majority (40%-90%) of studies published in scientific journals cannot be replicated, even though an inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build on published claims. Each journal sets its own protocols for establishing "quality" in articles, yet over the past 50 years, few journals in any field--especially medical education--have specified protocols for reporting the use of video data in research. The authors found that technical and industry-driven aspects of video recording, as well as a lack of standardization and reporting requirements by research journals, have led to major limitations in the ability to assess or reproduce video data used in research. Specific variables in the videotaping process (e.g., camera angle), which can be changed or be modified, affect the quality of recorded data, leading to major reporting errors and, in turn, unreliable conclusions. As more data are now in the form of digital videos, the historical lack of reporting standards makes it increasingly difficult to accurately replicate medical educational studies. Reproducibility is especially important as the medical education community considers setting national high-stakes standards in medicine and surgery based on video data. The authors of this Perspective provide basic protocol standards for investigators and journals using video data in research publications so as to allow for reproducibility.

Author List

Rowland PA, Ignacio RC Jr, de Moya MA

Author

Marc Anthony De Moya MD Chief, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Editorial Policies
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Information Dissemination
Periodicals as Topic
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Video Recording