When Dr. Justin Barad was a medical resident, he would often encounter a problem he’d never managed or be asked to use a device without much training.
So he’d turn to YouTube.
Barad, who completed his surgical training at UCLA in 2015, said YouTube has become a fixture of medical education. He’d often get prepped by watching a video before a procedure. Sometimes he’d even open a YouTube video in the operating theater when confronted with a particularly challenging surgery or unexpected complication.
“I don’t know a surgeon who hasn’t had a similar experience,” said Barad, who has now started a surgical training company called Osso VR.