The Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP): A comprehensive simulation-based surgical skills initiative for preclerkship medical students - 19/07/18
, Jennifer M. Siu a, Daniel Z. You a, Stefania Spano a, Andrea L. Winthrop a, John F. Rudan b, Richard K. Reznick b, Anthony T. Sanfilippo a, Paul Belliveau bAbstract |
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.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Preclerkship, Medical education, Surgical bootcamp, Technical skill, OSATS
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Vol 216 - N° 2
P. 375-381 - août 2018 Retour au numéro
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