Impact of a novel education curriculum on surgical training within an academic training program.

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BACKGROUND: The training of the 21st century surgeon has become increasingly complex with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competency requirements and work-hour restrictions. Herein we report the two-year results of a novel problem-based learning education module at a large academic surgery program. METHODS: All data were prospectively collected from 2004 to 2006 on all categorical residents in the department of surgery (n = 42). Analysis was performed to identify any correlation between class attendance and American Board of Surgery In-Service Training Exam (ABSITE) score performance (percentile change). All data were reported as a mean with a standard error of the mean. Categorical variables were analyzed using a paired Student's t-test. A bivariate correlation was calculated using Spearman's rho correlation. RESULTS: When comparing the 2004 scores (pre-program) to 2006 scores, there was significant score improvement (P

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Author/s: Lee, Liz (L); Brunicardi, F Charles (FC); Scott, Bradford G (BG); Berger, David H (DH); Bush, Ruth L (RL); Awad, Samir S (SS); Brandt, Mary L (ML);

Affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of surgical research (J Surg Res), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 145 (issue 2) : pp 308-12

Dates: Created 2008/03/10; Completed 2008/04/17; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 18262564, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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