Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka
Objective: The operating room is a unique learning experience that has visual, aural, kinesthetic learning stimuli and provides benefits to the medical students such as development of sound clinical knowledge and skills, and gaining personal insight into ones' career choice. However, this can b...
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| author | Kanchana Wijesinghe Shashini Lunuwila Hasangi Gamage Thushan Gooneratne B.N.L. Munasinghe Shanmugaraj Harikrishanth Malith Nandasena Nilushika Perera Umesh Jayarajah |
| author_facet | Kanchana Wijesinghe Shashini Lunuwila Hasangi Gamage Thushan Gooneratne B.N.L. Munasinghe Shanmugaraj Harikrishanth Malith Nandasena Nilushika Perera Umesh Jayarajah |
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| description | Objective: The operating room is a unique learning experience that has visual, aural, kinesthetic learning stimuli and provides benefits to the medical students such as development of sound clinical knowledge and skills, and gaining personal insight into ones' career choice. However, this can be a challenging place due to the unfamiliar learning environment. We aimed to study the Sri Lankan Medical students' perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience. Design and setting: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among medical students undergoing surgical clinical training on the perspectives of the teaching and learning experience in the operating theatre in Sri Lanka. Participants: Our study group consisted of 390 medical students from four different medical faculties in Sri Lanka representing all levels of surgical clinical rotations. Results: A majority of the students had actively participated in the operating theater. Despite this, the students' clarity of the learning outcomes and expectations in a theatre varied greatly. Majority of the students felt that the surgeons were willingly to teach but also noted that there was no standardization in teaching. This study clearly shows a significant correlation between positive emotions and surgical teams welcoming attitude towards the medical students. Long standing hours were considered a negative emotion by a majority of students. We also observed that theatre environment can be physically and mentally exhausting. Conclusions: Thus, empathy, feeling welcome and giving breaks to refresh can go a long way in making the learning experience better. Regular feedback to trainers on students' perception of the theatre experience is important to value the students' opinion and improve the quality of the surgical theatre. We strongly recommend initiation of clear induction sessions with introduction of well-structured teaching learning activities in the operating theatre. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7026a5b8a1b544f49498bab97bffa23f2023-09-20T04:21:44ZengElsevierSurgery Open Science2589-84502023-09-01151218Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri LankaKanchana Wijesinghe0Shashini Lunuwila1Hasangi Gamage2Thushan Gooneratne3B.N.L. Munasinghe4Shanmugaraj Harikrishanth5Malith Nandasena6Nilushika Perera7Umesh Jayarajah8Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; Corresponding author.Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Eastern University, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri LankaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri LankaUniversity surgical Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri LankaObjective: The operating room is a unique learning experience that has visual, aural, kinesthetic learning stimuli and provides benefits to the medical students such as development of sound clinical knowledge and skills, and gaining personal insight into ones' career choice. However, this can be a challenging place due to the unfamiliar learning environment. We aimed to study the Sri Lankan Medical students' perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience. Design and setting: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among medical students undergoing surgical clinical training on the perspectives of the teaching and learning experience in the operating theatre in Sri Lanka. Participants: Our study group consisted of 390 medical students from four different medical faculties in Sri Lanka representing all levels of surgical clinical rotations. Results: A majority of the students had actively participated in the operating theater. Despite this, the students' clarity of the learning outcomes and expectations in a theatre varied greatly. Majority of the students felt that the surgeons were willingly to teach but also noted that there was no standardization in teaching. This study clearly shows a significant correlation between positive emotions and surgical teams welcoming attitude towards the medical students. Long standing hours were considered a negative emotion by a majority of students. We also observed that theatre environment can be physically and mentally exhausting. Conclusions: Thus, empathy, feeling welcome and giving breaks to refresh can go a long way in making the learning experience better. Regular feedback to trainers on students' perception of the theatre experience is important to value the students' opinion and improve the quality of the surgical theatre. We strongly recommend initiation of clear induction sessions with introduction of well-structured teaching learning activities in the operating theatre.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023000581Operating theatreUndergraduate trainingLearning experiencePerception and attitudes |
| spellingShingle | Kanchana Wijesinghe Shashini Lunuwila Hasangi Gamage Thushan Gooneratne B.N.L. Munasinghe Shanmugaraj Harikrishanth Malith Nandasena Nilushika Perera Umesh Jayarajah Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka Surgery Open Science Operating theatre Undergraduate training Learning experience Perception and attitudes |
| title | Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka |
| title_full | Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka |
| title_short | Medical students’ perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | medical students perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in sri lanka |
| topic | Operating theatre Undergraduate training Learning experience Perception and attitudes |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023000581 |
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