Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training
BackgroundThe Essential Surgical Skills Course (ESSC) is a multi-specialty induction “boot camp” style course that has been run successfully for five years. The aim of the current paper is to create an accurate guide for the replication of the course by other teams and assess the course's fitne...
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| author | Jing Yi Kwan Panagiotis Lainas Panagiotis Lainas Philippa Banks Anna Jimenez De Veciana Hagar Said Anna Mehrem Manash Debbarma Melissa Matthews Gloria Etim Chandra Shekhar Biyani Sanjay Rajpal Mark Phillipson Victor Palit Paul Renwick Marina Yiasemidou |
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| description | BackgroundThe Essential Surgical Skills Course (ESSC) is a multi-specialty induction “boot camp” style course that has been run successfully for five years. The aim of the current paper is to create an accurate guide for the replication of the course by other teams and assess the course's fitness for purpose, through the survey feedback provided by trainees.MethodsThe course's fitness for purpose was assessed through cumulative five-year survey feedback from trainees. This observational study describes the design and process of content adjustment according to feedback.ResultsThe course its five-year span offered twelve different procedural skills in four different specialties. Feedback for each session was persistently >8/10. Key themes identified as beneficial include teacher-to-trainee ratio (often 1:1), teaching style, course structure and responsiveness.ConclusionsThe ESSC was found to be fit for purpose for the induction of trainees into surgical training. The key factors contributing to the success of the course include the structured method of curriculum design, outstanding teaching delivery methods, teacher-to-trainee ratio, the availability of appropriate faculty and infrastructure and the willingness to learn from trainee feedback and adjust the content of the course accordingly. It acts as a paradigm for courses aimed to prepare surgical trainees for a “step-up” in their careers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a704e2f3636a4ccc8b40543b7023d3a02023-06-19T06:29:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Surgery2296-875X2023-06-011010.3389/fsurg.2023.11986961198696Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical trainingJing Yi Kwan0Panagiotis Lainas1Panagiotis Lainas2Philippa Banks3Anna Jimenez De Veciana4Hagar Said5Anna Mehrem6Manash Debbarma7Melissa Matthews8Gloria Etim9Chandra Shekhar Biyani10Sanjay Rajpal11Mark Phillipson12Victor Palit13Paul Renwick14Marina Yiasemidou15Department of Vascular Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United KingdomDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital, HEAL Academic, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Minimally Invasive Digestive Surgery, Antoine-Beclere Hospital, Paris-Saclay University, Clamart, FranceDepartment of General Surgery, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford, United KingdomDepartment of General Surgery, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford, United KingdomSchool of Medicine, University of York, York, United KingdomDepartment of General Surgery, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford, United KingdomDepartment of Urology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield, United KingdomSchool of Medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hull, United KingdomSchool of Medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hull, United KingdomDepartment of Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United KingdomDepartment of Urology, Airedale General Hospital, Airedale, United Kingdom0Department of Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United KingdomDepartment of Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom1Department of Vascular Surgery, Hull University Teaching Hospitals, Hull, United KingdomSchool of Medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hull, United KingdomBackgroundThe Essential Surgical Skills Course (ESSC) is a multi-specialty induction “boot camp” style course that has been run successfully for five years. The aim of the current paper is to create an accurate guide for the replication of the course by other teams and assess the course's fitness for purpose, through the survey feedback provided by trainees.MethodsThe course's fitness for purpose was assessed through cumulative five-year survey feedback from trainees. This observational study describes the design and process of content adjustment according to feedback.ResultsThe course its five-year span offered twelve different procedural skills in four different specialties. Feedback for each session was persistently >8/10. Key themes identified as beneficial include teacher-to-trainee ratio (often 1:1), teaching style, course structure and responsiveness.ConclusionsThe ESSC was found to be fit for purpose for the induction of trainees into surgical training. The key factors contributing to the success of the course include the structured method of curriculum design, outstanding teaching delivery methods, teacher-to-trainee ratio, the availability of appropriate faculty and infrastructure and the willingness to learn from trainee feedback and adjust the content of the course accordingly. It acts as a paradigm for courses aimed to prepare surgical trainees for a “step-up” in their careers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1198696/fullteachingcurriculumsurgical trainingcore surgical trainingsurgical education |
| spellingShingle | Jing Yi Kwan Panagiotis Lainas Panagiotis Lainas Philippa Banks Anna Jimenez De Veciana Hagar Said Anna Mehrem Manash Debbarma Melissa Matthews Gloria Etim Chandra Shekhar Biyani Sanjay Rajpal Mark Phillipson Victor Palit Paul Renwick Marina Yiasemidou Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training Frontiers in Surgery teaching curriculum surgical training core surgical training surgical education |
| title | Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training |
| title_full | Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training |
| title_fullStr | Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training |
| title_short | Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training |
| title_sort | five year results of a multi specialty induction course for surgical training |
| topic | teaching curriculum surgical training core surgical training surgical education |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1198696/full |
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