General Surgery - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Teaching and learning in the hospital ward.

7 Oct 2009 AIM: To explore ways in which student learning during formal ward rounds can be enhanced. METHOD: Qualitative study of University of Otago medical students (Dunedin, New Zealand) involving observation of surgical teams during formal ward rounds, and ... Read more...

Back to basics: use of fresh cadavers in vascular surgery training.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Surgical trainees face many obstacles in learning basic surgical anatomy and technique. Pressure for quicker operative times, introduction of an 80-hour work week, rising numbers of endovascular procedures replacing open surgery, and the ... Read more...

The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Training models are required to impart surgical skills, like wound closure techniques, prior to practice in patients. In an ideal case, the tissue characteristics of the model are close to those of humans, easy to create and of low cost. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'General Surgery - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Robotic-assisted surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Teaching and learning in the hospital ward. 7 Oct 2009
• Presidential address: The making of a breast surgeon. 29 Sep 2009
• Back to basics: use of fresh cadavers in vascular surgery training. 29 Sep 2009
• Why Johnny cannot operate. 29 Sep 2009
• The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills. 26 Sep 2009
• Practice, rehearsal, and performance: an approach for simulation-based surgical and procedure training. 21 Sep 2009
• Attitudes, training experiences, and professional expectations of US general surgery residents: a national survey. 21 Sep 2009
• Video self-assessment augments development of videoscopic suturing skill. 17 Sep 2009
• Learning curve in cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. 13 Sep 2009
• Development of electronic learning courses for surgical training of animal research personnel. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgical resident satisfaction with the current surgical training program in the Riyadh area. 30 Aug 2009
• [A tool for more constructive feedback in clinical guidance. Feedback tool tested using students and supervisors in a pilot study] 30 Aug 2009
• Benefits of mock oral examinations in a multi-institutional consortium for board certification in general surgery training. 30 Aug 2009
• Rural surgery rotation during surgical residency. 30 Aug 2009
• The general surgery residency at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation: a tradition of training the complete general surgeon. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all minorities are underrepresented in academic surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Position statement on further work hour restrictions: the views of current and recent trainees. 30 Aug 2009
• "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety": response of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery to the December 2008 Report of the Institute of Medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Comment of the American Board of Surgery on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety". 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'General Surgery'

Definition: A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.

Descriptor UI: D013502

Alternative terms: General Surgery; Surgery, General; Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Surgical Procedures, Operative; Barber Surgeons;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.300;

History Note: 2009 (1974)

Technical Notes: SPEC only: prefer /surg with organs & dis: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.70; the surgeon & specialty go here: the surgical patient = SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE: Manual 26.15+; /instrum = SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS or SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; military surgery = MILITARY MEDICINE (IM) + GENERAL SURGERY (IM) if the specialty; DF: SURG