A one-day surgical-skill training course for medical students' improved surgical skills and increased interest in surgery as a career.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite many high-quality programs in basic surgical-skill education, the surgical skill of junior doctors varies widely. This, together with the waning interest in surgery as a career among medical students, is a serious issue confronted by hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide. We, therefore, developed and implemented an intensive one-day surgical-skill training course for two purposes; it would improve surgical skills and increase interest in surgery among medical students.

Methods

The surgical-skill training program is named Surgical Skill Weekend (SSW) and it includes hands-on training sessions for surgical-suturing techniques and advanced surgical procedures (i.e. laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery), hybrid simulation sessions, and an operating-roo

SUBMITTER: Seo HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745757 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature