Background: Surgical procedures have an inherent feature, which is the sequence of steps.
Moreover, studies have shown variability in surgeons' performances, which is valuable to …

Background The Council of Deans of Health and the Higher Education Academy project
aims to 'Scope and identify a range of teaching and learning innovations currently in practice …

Background There is a lack of understanding of the scope and purpose of teaching assistant
cases, impact on patients and safety, as well as the facilitators or barriers to resident …

Objective Competency-based education has mandated accurate intra-operative assessment
tools. We aimed to define consensus-based open surgical skills perceived by experts as …

Background Optimal resource utilization in high-cost environments like operating theatres is
fundamental in today's cost constrained health care systems. Interruptions of the surgical …

Antecedentes: La docencia médica evoluciona a un momento cumbre donde la enseñanza
teórica-práctica no resulta suficiente para satisfacer las exigencias de los estudiantes y la …

Surgeons receive training in many skills. One of them is procedural skills, which enable
physicians to perform surgical procedures. An important part of procedural skills is the …

As a new crop of surgeons graduate from our training programs, a supplement to the August
issue of CJS greets us with a series of provocative articles on topics of interest to residents …

Background: There is an idea that the level of medical college graduates is less than the
expected. The improvement of medical training level for the undergraduates in medical …

Background Multiple factors have challenged the surgical training which led to the
development of the instructional videos to hasten the proficiency in performing surgical …