Background and study aims Colonic polypectomy is acknowledged to be a technically challenging part of colonoscopy. Training in polypectomy is recognized to be often inconsistent. This study aimed to ascertain worldwide practice in polypectomy training. Patients and methods An electronic survey was distributed to endoscopic trainees and trainers in 19 countries asking about their experiences of ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether training with a simple collapsible mobile box trainer leads to improved performance of fundamental laparoscopic skills (FLSs) during a 6-month interval versus validated laparoscopic box trainers and virtual-reality trainers, only accessible at a simulation training center. METHODS With institutional review board approval, 20 first- and ...

Attrition within initial training of the Dutch Navy is high resulting in unnecessary costs and a lack of personnel to adequately fill the ranks. A resilience training was developed based on research into reasons for attrition and promising training interventions. Goal of the training was to foster coping self-efficacy and self determination to persist when confronted with the stressful conditio...

Provision of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) by skilled health personnel reduces maternal mortality. Pre-service diploma midwifery clinical medicine (reproductive health) curricula in Kenya were reviewed updated integrating the competency based EmONC curriculum. A two-part (virtual for theoretical component face-to-face skills-based component) capacity building workshop national mi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the Canonical analysis of the relationship between personality traits and attitude with motivation and EFL learners’ written production task. This research in terms of data collection procedure is a correlation type. The statistical population consisted of the students who were selected by random cluster sampling method. Data were analyzed using stan...

BACKGROUND Human patient simulators and airway training manikins are widely used to train airway management skills to medical professionals. Furthermore, these patient simulators are employed as standardized "patients" to evaluate airway devices. However, little is known about how realistic these patient simulators and airway-training manikins really are. This trial aimed to evaluate the upper ...

Background: Laparoscopic box trainers have been shown to improve acquisition of skills transferable to the operating theatre. However, despite calls for take-home box trainers to be made widely available, the effectiveness of unsupervised use is unknown. The aim of this study was to identify differences in task performance between surgical trainees allocated a take-home box trainer compared wit...

OBJECTIVES To examine the strengths and weaknesses of the national and local schemes for preregistration house officers to spend four months in general practice, to identify any added value from such placements, and to examine the impact on career choices. DESIGN Review of all studies that reported on placements of preregistration house officers in general practice. SETTING 19 accounts of p...

OBJECTIVE Box model trainers have been used for many years to facilitate the improvement of laparoscopic skills. However, there are limited data available on box trainers and their impact on skill acquisition, assessed by virtual reality systems. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-two Postgraduate Year 1 gynecology residents with no laparoscopic experience were randomly divided into one group that r...