Performance Improvement With Implementation of a Surgical Skills Curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the efficacy of an intern surgical skills curriculum involving a boot camp for core open and laparoscopic skills, self-guided practice with positive and negative incentives, and semiannual performance evaluations.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Academic tertiary care center.

Participants

Intervention group (n = 15): residents who completed the intern surgical skills curriculum and had performance evaluations in fall of intern year, spring of intern year, and fall of second year. Control group (n = 8): second-year residents who were 1 year ahead of the intervention group in the same residency program, did not participate in the curriculum, and had performance evaluations in fall of second year.

Results

In fall of second year

SUBMITTER: Loftus TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462643 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature