Abstract Aims To help build medical capacity in low resource settings. Methods I researched and worked with two organisations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Mercy Ships. Ships collaboration ASGBI Results MSF is a humanitarian organisation. Although works settings, it not developmental therefore education was part of its brief. completed 2x 2 month missions MSF, Central African Republic Chad. S...

BACKGROUND Bibliometric analysis highlights the key topics and publications, which have shaped surgical education. Here, the 100 most cited articles in the arena of surgical education were analyzed. METHODS Thomson Reuters Web of Science was interrogated using the keyword search terms "surgery" and ("learning" or "skills" or "competence" or "assessment" or "training" or "procedure-based asses...

Purpose: To apply educational models of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and approaches to assisted performance to existing knowledge about surgical skill acquisition, and thus provide a framework for potentially enhancing surgical education. Summary: The stages of the ZPD appear to be consistent with existing psychomotor theories of skill acquisition. The fourth phase of the ZPD, where t...

OBJECTIVE To obtain a collective opinion of practicing surgeons on the current state of general surgical residency training. METHODS A data collection sheet was completed by the practicing surgeons involved in the residency training in 5 cities in Saudi Arabia, from January 2004 to December 2005. The survey questions covered mainly 3 aspects of surgical education: problems within the current ...

In this J. Roland Folse Invited Lecture in Surgical Education, given before the Association for Surgical Education, a resident considers two challenges for surgery and surgical training: the increasing importance of less invasive technologies, and the growing awareness of the importance of “systems” in care. As less invasive technologies evolve, the role of surgeons is being fundamentally chall...

BACKGROUND Surgery can effectively palliate symptoms in patients with advanced malignancy and thereby maintain quality of life. However, the goal of surgical palliation should be balanced with the associated risks, and the decision to operate can be challenging for even the most experienced surgeon. HYPOTHESIS There are significant deficiencies in training during residency and in continuing m...

IMPORTANCE In 2010, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) proposed increased regulation of work hours and supervision for residents. New Common Program requirements that took effect in July 2011 dramatically changed the customary 24-hour in-house call schedule. Surgical residents are more likely to be affected by these duty hour restrictions. OBJECTIVE To examine su...

the effect of hand care education on hand's functional disorders in burn patients  sadat manzari z [1] , mohaddes ardebili f [2] *, bozorgnejad m [3]   received: 24 aug , 2013 accepted: 5 dec , 2013    abstract   background & aims : hand burn is the common and considerable cause of chronic disabilities, because it mostly causes functional disorders as abnormal movements in the hands. the a...