Opinions of practicing general surgeons on surgical education

Weigelt, John A.; Brasel, Karen J.; Olson, Christine M.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00237-2

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“…8 The overall validity of skills training in the laboratory setting has been shown re-cently, 3 and increased use of this method has been recommended. 133 However, the significant amount of faculty time necessary to provide this training, and the ethical questions that arise if live animals are used, are issues that make this approach problematic.…”

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Computer-assisted training and learning in surgery

Gorman

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Krummel

2000

Comput. Aided Surg.

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The teaching and learning of surgery is a time-honored tradition based upon the "see one, do one, teach one" apprenticeship model. Recent improvement of this model has centered upon incremental change in skills teaching and testing and curricular development. Economic pressures have strained the resources of academic health centers and faculty responsible for teaching surgery, even as information technology has opened new avenues for obtaining and benefitting from relevant information. Combining the tools of simulation theory, virtual reality, and the principles of adult education offers new opportunities to optimize surgical education as we enter a more highly connected and interdependent era, where the boundaries between teacher and student blur as the modern surgeon truly becomes a lifelong learner.

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Computer-assisted training and learning in surgery

Gorman

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Krummel

2000

Comput. Aided Surg.

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“…8 , 9 The lack of full competence in graduate surgical residents has also been documented in other programmes. 10 – 11 Weigett et al 11 in 1998, in a large survey of 954 general surgeons involved in the training of surgical residents, concluded that changes were needed because the current system of resident education allows chief residents to graduate with significant deficiencies in their education. Alternatives have been suggested for many surgical programmes, 12 – 15 but not in our programme.…”

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