Background It is generally accepted that surgical training is associated with increased
surgical duration. The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of this increase …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of surgical trainee involvement on operative time for
common surgical procedures. Laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy …

Objective The operating room (OR) is a major driver of hospital costs; therefore, operative
time is an expensive resource. The training of surgical residents must include time spent in …

BACKGROUND: We calculated the time a resident spent to acquire the average operative
experience before mandated duty hours, to generate a standard for curriculum redesign …

Objectives Evaluation of surgical training in Denmark is competency based with no
requirement for a specific number of procedures. This may affect monitoring of surgical …

Hypothesis There is an increase in the amount of time required to perform an operation
when the procedure involves training a surgical resident. This increased time does not …

The first residency programs for surgical training were introduced in Germany in the late
1880s and adopted in 1889 by William Halsted in the United States [Cameron JL. William …

BACKGROUND: Patients cared for by surgeons with resident coverage have an increase in
cost versus those patients cared for by surgeons without resident coverage, despite no …

Objective To determine whether outcomes are different when surgery is performed by
resident or attending surgeons, and which variables may affect outcomes. Design MEDLINE …

Objective Quality of surgical training in the era of resident duty-hour restrictions (RDHR) is
part of an ongoing debate. Most training elements are provided during surgical service. As …