Leadership Training in Surgical Residency Programs: Needs Assessment of 2020 Urology Chief Residents

Narrative medicine describes the application of story to medical education and practice. Although it has been implemented successfully in many medical schools as a part of undergraduate medical education, applications to the residency environment have been relatively limited. There are virtually no data concerning the adoption of narrative medicine within surgical residencies. This paper provides a brief introduction to the formal discipline of narrative medicine. We further discuss how storytelling is already used in surgical education and summarize the literature on applications of narrative medicine to residents in other specialties. The relevance of narrative medicine to the ACGME core competencies is explored. We conclude with specific suggestions for implementation of narrative medicine within surgical residency programs.

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Impact of COVID-19 on surgical residency programs in Pakistan; A residents' perspective. Do programs need formal restructuring to adjust with the “new normal”? A cross-sectional survey study

International Journal of Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.06.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 79 ◽

pp. 252-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Muhammad Osama ◽

Farhan Zaheer ◽

Hasham Saeed ◽

Khadija Anees ◽

Qirat Jawed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Survey Study ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

New Normal ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Surgical Residency

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Lessons Learned From an Early Hotspot During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The American Surgeon ◽

10.1177/0003134821994757 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000313482199475

Author(s):

Brett M. Chapman ◽

George M. Fuhrman

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Surgical Education ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Well Being ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Surgical Residency ◽

The Impact

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided challenges for surgical residency programs demanding fluid decision making focused on providing care for our patients, maintaining an educational environment, and protecting the well-being of our residents. This brief report summarizes the impact of the impact on our residency programs clinical care and education. We have identified opportunities to improve our program using videoconferencing, managing recruitment, and maintaining a satisfactory caseload to ensure the highest possible quality of surgical education.

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Postgraduate trainee views on eHealth at a distributed medical campus.

Journal of Regional Medical Campuses ◽

10.24926/jrmc.v2i1.1374 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sophiya Benjamin ◽

Joanne Ho ◽

Jeff Alfonsi ◽

Hugh Kellam

Keyword(s):

Needs Assessment ◽

Online Survey ◽

Perceived Knowledge ◽

Residency Programs ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Resident Physicians ◽

Postgraduate Trainee ◽

Regional Campus ◽

Evaluation Of Training ◽

Interdisciplinary Setting

Purpose: e-Health is a rapidly evolving field that cuts across specialties however; there is a gap in development and evaluation of training for postgraduates in residency programs. This is a multicentre, collaborative effort among faculty from the departments of Psychiatry, Geriatrics and Internal Medicine in partnership with Ontario Telehealth Network to assess the needs of postgraduate residents in ehealth and build a pilot program to address identified learning gaps. Methodology: We conducted a needs assessment (Appendix A) through an online survey to investigate the self-perceived knowledge, gaps and barriers to eHealth of medical resident physicians at the McMaster University DeGroote School of Medicine Waterloo Regional Campus (WRC), Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Results: All respondents identified that they would be interested in education in telehealth and all of them felt that they would have to use telehealth in their future practices. However, 83.3% did not feel confident using telemedicine in clinical practice. Based on the results of the needs assessment, we have built a pilot rotation in which postgraduate trainees can practice telehealth skills in an interdisciplinary setting.

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Attitudes and experiences during training and professional expectations in generation-y surgical residents

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira ◽

10.1590/1806-9282.65.3.348 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (3) ◽

pp. 348-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernanda M. Lafraia ◽

Fernando A.M. Herbella ◽

Julia R. Kalluf ◽

Francisco Schlottmann ◽

Marco G. Patti

Keyword(s):

Generation Y ◽

Residency Program ◽

Surgical Volume ◽

Teaching Techniques ◽

Future Expectations ◽

Program Satisfaction ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Surgical Residency ◽

Surgical Residents ◽

Professional Expectations

SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Residency programs, especially in surgery, have been undergoing constant changes. The profile of residents in surgical fields is changing too since residents are now part of the Generation Y (Millenials). This change in profile mandates a re-evaluation to adapt surgical residency programs. Six years ago, we carried out a study evaluating attitudes and experiences during training, and the professional expectations of residents. This study aims to survey surgical residents to evaluate current attitudes, experiences, and expectations. METHODS: We surveyed 50 residents to determine professional satisfaction, residency-program satisfaction, future expectations, financial expectations, and correct attitude towards patients. RESULTS: Our results show that half of the residents are satisfied with the residency program. However, dissatisfaction reaches 40% on surgical volume and 80% on mentorship; 62% of the residents are not confident to perform operations after the residency, the majority believes a specialization is necessary; most residents believe financial compensation will decrease with time, but concerns with reimbursement are low; and most residents are worried about injuring patients, but only two thirds are satisfied working with patients. CONCLUSIONS: Current residents present lower job satisfaction and more criticism of teaching techniques. These changes compared to previous results match the profile of Generation Y, who is more iconoclastic when compared to previous generations.

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A Comparative Study of Contrasting Surgical Residency Programs

World Journal of Surgery ◽

10.1007/s00268-014-2575-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (10) ◽

pp. 2495-2501 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Pritam Singh ◽

Rajesh Aggarwal ◽

Daniel A. Hashimoto ◽

Noel N. Williams ◽

Ara Darzi

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Surgical Residency

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Effect of COVİD-19 Pandemic on General Surgery Practice and Resident Education

10.21203/rs.3.rs-593813/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Timuçin Erol ◽

Kamran Mahmudzada ◽

Busenur Kırımtay ◽

Doğukan Doğu ◽

Mustafa Oruç ◽

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Keyword(s):

General Surgery ◽

Sudden Change ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

University Hospital ◽

Case Volume ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Surgical Residency ◽

Surgery Department ◽

Hospital General

Abstract Background Sudden change in general surgery practice during pandemic caused a detrimental effect on residency training. The main objective of this study is to reveal the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on general surgery practice and surgical residency education. Methods This retrospective cross sectional study included all patients operated at a tertiary university hospital, general surgery department between 11-March 2019/ 11- January-2019 (Pre-Covid 19 Period) and 11-march 2020- 11- January − 2020 (Covid 19 period). Two period compared in terms of case volume, complexity difference and effect of this difference on residents training. Results Overall 2740 cases included to study. Elective case volume significantly decreased during pandemic (p = 0.001). This decrease is much more obvious for B-C category operations. Intermediate seniority resident’s case volumes and complexity of the cases they performed decreased during pandemic. Conclusion Surgical residency programs must be revised urgently in order to provide adequte training which altered due to Covid-19 pandemic.

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