Abstract Introduction Surgical trainees at all stages are mandated to use workplace-based assessments (WBAs) gain feedback from their trainers. Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) is a tool assess hands-on surgical skills. This review the literature seeks ascertain how valid DOPS as an assessment for according APA (American Psychology Association) validity framework. Method Relevant ...

BackgroundMedical student exposure to laparoscopy is limited observation despite the prevalence of minimally invasive techniques in practice. The high cost laparoscopic simulation equipment, commonly called “box trainers”, limits undergraduate skill training.MethodsStudents at a Midwestern medical school were recruited participate an experimental training program. One cohort (n = 17) used DIY b...

BACKGROUND As the medicine practiced in hospital settings has become more specialized, training in primary care is becoming increasingly essential for medical students, especially for future general practitioners (GPs). Only a few limited studies have investigated the representativeness of medical practices delivering this training. The aim of this study was to assess the representativeness of ...

INTRODUCTION This second article in a series of three describes four of the eight total learning stations provided to novice otorhinolaryngology (ORL) residents during the ORL Emergencies Boot Camp. Part 1 described the overall boot camp design and the basic airway skills stations. This article, part 2, describes stations designed to teach moderately complex emergency skills. The final installm...

This study compared virtual reality (VR) training with low cost-blended learning (BL) in a structured training program.Training of laparoscopic skills outside the operating room is mandatory to reduce operative times and risks.Laparoscopy-naïve medical students were randomized in 2 groups stratified for sex. The BL group (n = 42) used E-learning for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and practic...

AIMS This prospective longitudinal study over 6 years compared schoolteachers and emergency physicians as resuscitation trainers for schoolchildren. It also investigated whether pupils who were trained annually for 3 years retain their resuscitation skills after the end of this study. METHODS A total of 261 pupils (fifth grade) at two German grammar schools received resuscitation training by ...