Near-Peer Coaching to Enhance Operative Learning: An Educational Innovation for Surgical Training.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To design, implement, and evaluate a near-peer coaching model to enhance operative learning in general surgery training.

Background

There is an urgent need to maximize operative learning in surgical education. Trainees find barriers to operative learning difficult to navigate and often sacrifice educational opportunities for the sake of impression management.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted over a 6-month period following design and implementation of a trainee-led near-peer coaching model; "SPICE" (Set goals, Plan, Imagine, Comment and feedback, Evaluate and reflect). Semistructured interviews were conducted to explore trainees' experiences of the model.

Results

Twelve trainees participated in the study. The near-peer coaching encount

SUBMITTER: Papachristos AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415129 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature