Can Rural Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowships Provide Operative Experience Similar to Urban Programs?
| Autor: | Kara J. Kallies, Andrew J. Borgert, Paul A. Severson, Shanu N. Kothari, Lea M. Carlson, James Patrick Ryan, Howard M. McCollister |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Medical knowledge Hospitals Rural Bariatric Surgery Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Wisconsin Medicine Humans Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine Fellowships and Scholarships Fellowship training business.industry General surgery Internship and Residency Surgery Current practice Education Medical Graduate 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Invasive surgery Laparoscopy Surgical education Clinical Competence Clinical competence Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of surgical education. 73(5) |
| ISSN: | 1878-7452 |
| Popis: | Objective Operative experience in rural fellowship programs is largely unknown. The 2 of the most rural minimally invasive surgery (MIS)/bariatric fellowships are located in the upper Midwest. We hypothesized that these 2 programs would offer a similar operative experience to other U.S. programs in more urban locations. Design The 2011 to 2012 and 2012 to 2013 fellowship case logs from 2 rural Midwest programs were compared with case logs from 23 U.S. MIS/bariatric programs. All rural Midwest fellowship graduates completed a survey describing their fellowship experience and current practice. Statistical analysis included Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Setting Setting included the 2 rural Midwest U.S. MIS/bariatric fellowship programs. Participants Graduates from MIS/bariatric fellowship programs participated in the study. Results Mean volumes for bariatric, foregut, abdominal wall, small intestine, and hepatobiliary cases for rural Midwest fellows vs. other U.S. programs were 123.8 ± 23.7 vs. 150.2 ± 49.2 (p = 0.20); 44.3 ± 19.4 vs. 66.3 ± 35.5 (p = 0.18); 48.3 ± 28.0 vs. 57.9 ± 27.8 (p = 0.58); 11.3 ± 1.9 vs. 12.0 ± 8.7 (p = 0.58); and 55.0 ± 34.8 vs. 48.1 ± 42.6 (p = 0.63), respectively. Mean endoscopy volume was significantly higher among rural Midwest fellows (451.0 ± 395.2 vs. 99.7 ± 83.4; p = 0.05). All rural Midwest fellows reported an adequate number of cases as operating surgeon during fellowship. A total of 60% of fellows currently practice in a rural area. In all, 87% and 13% reported that their fellowship training was extremely or somewhat beneficial to their current practice, respectively. Conclusions Rural MIS fellowship programs offer a similar operative experience to other U.S. programs. A greater volume of endoscopy cases was observed in rural Midwest fellowships. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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