Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a bootcamp for new residents in surgery, in terms of both knowledge and skills improvement and psychological support. Design: Prospective inclusion of all the 59 new residents in surgery from 2018 to 2020. Analysis of their perception of the training and compari...
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| author | Françoise Schmitt Emilie Eyssartier Marine Sarfati-Lebreton Louis Rony Sophie Boucher Elise Riquin Ludovic Martin |
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| description | Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a bootcamp for new residents in surgery, in terms of both knowledge and skills improvement and psychological support. Design: Prospective inclusion of all the 59 new residents in surgery from 2018 to 2020. Analysis of their perception of the training and comparison of the bootcamp and control groups (n = 9, including the residents who could not attend the bootcamp) with respect to the results of their skills evaluations and surgical knowledge. Setting: A two-day bootcamp is organized every year in October since 2013 at the All'Sims simulation center (University Hospital, Angers, France) just before the beginning of the internship. A subsequent skills evaluation takes place partly in the operating room and partly as an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Participants: New residents from the different surgical specialties and gynecology, after having given their written consent. Results: Among the 50 residents who attended the bootcamp, knowledge in surgical skills improved by 10% (p<0.001). The median skills score on each OSCE station was at least one point higher in the bootcamp group than in the control group, predominantly in the suturing task (13.9+/-3.0 vs 11.5 +/- 1.6, p = 0.03). The reported usefulness level of the different surgical skills training when evaluated in consideration of daily practice varied from 50% to 95%. Feelings of ease and competency were quite well correlated with the reported usefulness of a given skill, especially since the task was a more generic one. Conclusion: Preparatory courses are of great interest for all surgical specialties as they improve procedural skills and knowledge as well as self-confidence during the first weeks of a resident's internship. As medical training continues to vary significantly between the different universities, such surgical curricula should be developed at a national level to standardize the surgical level of all new residents |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9176b6f491444a18918b7056c36c3322022-12-22T04:05:06ZengElsevierSurgery in Practice and Science2666-26202022-09-0110100095Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residentsFrançoise Schmitt0Emilie Eyssartier1Marine Sarfati-Lebreton2Louis Rony3Sophie Boucher4Elise Riquin5Ludovic Martin6All'Sims Center for Simulation in Healthcare, Hospital and University of Angers, Angers, France; Pediatric surgery department, University Hospital, Angers, France; Corresponding author: Pediatric Surgery Department, University Hospital of Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex 9, France.Pediatric surgery department, University Hospital, Angers, FranceDigestive surgery department, University Hospital, Angers, FranceOrthopedics and traumatology department, University Hospital, Angers, FranceOtolaryngology department, University Hospital, Angers, FrancePedopsychiatry department, University Hospital, Angers, FranceAll'Sims Center for Simulation in Healthcare, Hospital and University of Angers, Angers, FranceObjectives: To evaluate the impact of a bootcamp for new residents in surgery, in terms of both knowledge and skills improvement and psychological support. Design: Prospective inclusion of all the 59 new residents in surgery from 2018 to 2020. Analysis of their perception of the training and comparison of the bootcamp and control groups (n = 9, including the residents who could not attend the bootcamp) with respect to the results of their skills evaluations and surgical knowledge. Setting: A two-day bootcamp is organized every year in October since 2013 at the All'Sims simulation center (University Hospital, Angers, France) just before the beginning of the internship. A subsequent skills evaluation takes place partly in the operating room and partly as an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Participants: New residents from the different surgical specialties and gynecology, after having given their written consent. Results: Among the 50 residents who attended the bootcamp, knowledge in surgical skills improved by 10% (p<0.001). The median skills score on each OSCE station was at least one point higher in the bootcamp group than in the control group, predominantly in the suturing task (13.9+/-3.0 vs 11.5 +/- 1.6, p = 0.03). The reported usefulness level of the different surgical skills training when evaluated in consideration of daily practice varied from 50% to 95%. Feelings of ease and competency were quite well correlated with the reported usefulness of a given skill, especially since the task was a more generic one. Conclusion: Preparatory courses are of great interest for all surgical specialties as they improve procedural skills and knowledge as well as self-confidence during the first weeks of a resident's internship. As medical training continues to vary significantly between the different universities, such surgical curricula should be developed at a national level to standardize the surgical level of all new residentshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666262022000390Simulation-based learningSurgical skillsInternshipBootcampSelf-confidence |
| spellingShingle | Françoise Schmitt Emilie Eyssartier Marine Sarfati-Lebreton Louis Rony Sophie Boucher Elise Riquin Ludovic Martin Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents Surgery in Practice and Science Simulation-based learning Surgical skills Internship Bootcamp Self-confidence |
| title | Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| title_full | Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| title_fullStr | Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| title_short | Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| title_sort | preparatory surgical bootcamp an effective form of training with a positive impact on self confidence and procedural skills of the residents |
| topic | Simulation-based learning Surgical skills Internship Bootcamp Self-confidence |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666262022000390 |
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