Exploring the educational value of the general surgical outpatient clinic: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Optimising opportunities for exposure and learning in the clinical environment is a priority for surgical education. The surgical outpatient clinic provides a setting for engaging with the patient journey while gaining essential surgical knowledge and skills. This systematic review seeks to determine the role of the outpatient clinic in current surgical education for multiple levels of learners and identify strategies to improve educational utility.

Methods

A systematic search strategy was conducted across Medline (OVID), Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases according to PRISMA guidelines. A comprehensive grey literature search for evaluation of international postgraduate surgical curricula was also performed. Publications were included if they discussed or u

SUBMITTER: Rostolis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887554 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature