BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM Endoscopy society guidelines recommend a minimum of 200 cases for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) trainees in order to ensure competency and quality standards. However, there are few data regarding procedure-related complication rates and added risk for patients during this learning process. We aimed to evaluate the correlation between trainee case...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between trainee experience and voice handicap, general coping and psychosomatic well-being in student teachers. METHODS A longitudinal survey was performed among 43 starting female student teachers, becoming a professional teacher in primary education. The subjective biopsychosocial consequences of voice problems was assessed by ...

The PERFORMS self-assessment scheme measures individuals skills in identifying key mammographic features on sets of known cases. One aspect of this is that it allows radiologists’ skills to be trained, based on their data from this scheme. Consequently, a new strategy is introduced to provide revision training based on mammographic features that the radiologist has had difficulty with in these ...

The goal of our work is the design and implementation of a virtual agents based interactive simulation for teaching and training health care workers in the proper procedures for hand hygiene. The health care trainee in the simulation plays the role of a health care inspector in a virtual hospital that resembles a real hospital. The interactive training simulation features a virtual instructor w...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether feedback for cataract surgery is perceived to be given to trainee ophthalmologists, the way in which any feedback is given, and what the trainee perceives to be the effect of feedback on their performance. DESIGN Cross-sectional qualitative study. PARTICIPANTS Twelve trainee ophthalmologists at various levels of specialty training in the UK. METHODS Semi-st...

OBJECTIVES Lobectomies done by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) result in fewer complications and less pain and save total costs compared with the traditional approach. However, the majority of procedures are still performed via open thoracotomies, because VATS lobectomy is considered difficult to learn, requiring experience in open surgery, and causing complications in the initial phase ...

INTRODUCTION We describe and evaluate the results of our mentor training program for laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy (LRP). MATERIAL AND METHODS From March 2004 through December 2005, we have performed 105 (LRP). Three groups have been analysed: Group 1: The mentor as the first surgeon with the trainee acting as the assistant. Group 2: The trainee as the first surgeon with the mentor actin...

The training of clinicians in the correct use of commonly used orthodontic indices involves calibration. The level of agreement between the trainee and a standard is assessed both as a measure of reproducibility and the success of training programmes. For the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) index and the Index of Complexity, Outcome and Need (ICON), the recommended level of acceptable inter-rater ...

You are a busy family physician with a practice that includes obstetrics and teaching medical students. Cervical examinations are a routine part of your on-call duties. You have medical trainees with you, and they have often struggled with the cervical examination. One night on call, your trainee admits a patient in active labour and reports the cervical dilation to be 7 cm. However, she is unc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to establish whether pulmonary lobectomy using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) can be safely performed by trainees with limited experience with open lobectomy. METHODS Data were retrospectively collected from 251 patients who underwent VATS lobectomy at a single institution between October 2007 and April 2011. The surgical outcomes of the procedures...