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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 216, Issue 2, Pages 375-381Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.09.012
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Preclerkship; Medical education; Surgical bootcamp; Technical skill; OSATS
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- Undergraduate Medical Education Program at Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
- Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
- Department of Surgery at Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
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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. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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