The Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP): A comprehensive simulation-based surgical skills initiative for preclerkship medical students
| Autor: | Andrea L. Winthrop, Jennifer Siu, Daniel Z. You, John F. Rudan, Riaz J. Karmali, Anthony T. Sanfilippo, Stefania Spano, Paul Belliveau, Richard K. Reznick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Medical 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Procedural skill Surveys and Questionnaires Surgical skills Medicine Humans Learning 030212 general & internal medicine Technical skills Simulation based Medical education Career Choice business.industry Clinical Clerkship General Medicine Procedural knowledge Improved performance 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis General Surgery Feasibility Studies Surgery Clinical Competence Curriculum Educational Measurement Exit survey business Instructional simulation Education Medical Undergraduate |
| Zdroj: | American journal of surgery. 216(2) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1883 |
| Popis: | Background The Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP) is a voluntary preclerkship surgical bootcamp that uses simulation learning to build procedural knowledge and technical skills before clerkship. Methods Eighteen second year students (n = 18) participated in simulation workshops over the course of 7 days to learn clerkship-level procedural skills. A manual was supplied with the program outline. Assessment of the participants involved: 1) a written exam 2) a single videotaped Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) station 3) an exit survey to document changes in career choices. Results Compared to the mean written pre-test score students scored significantly higher on the written post-test (35.83 ± 6.56 vs. 52.11 ± 5.95 out of 73) (p = 0.01). Technical skill on the OSATS station demonstrated improved performance and confidence following the program (10.10 vs. 17.94 out of 25) (p = 0.05). Most participants (72%) re-considered their choices of surgical electives. Conclusions A preclerkship surgical skills program not only stimulates interest in surgery but can also improve surgical knowledge and technical skills prior to clerkship. |
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