Developing an international combined applied surgical science and wet lab simulation course as an undergraduate teaching model

TY - JOUR

T1 - Developing an international combined applied surgical science and wet lab simulation course as an undergraduate teaching model

AU - Sideris, Michail

AU - Papalois, Apostolos

AU - Tsoulfas, Georgios

AU - Majumder, Sanjib

AU - Toutouzas, Konstantinos

AU - Koletsis, Efstratios

AU - Dedeilias, Panagiotis

AU - Lymperopoulos, Nikolaos

AU - Papagrigoriadis, Savvas

AU - Papalois, Vassilios

AU - Zografos, Georgios

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Background. Essential Skills in the Management of Surgical Cases (ESMSC) is an international, animal model-based course. It combines interactive lectures with basic ex vivo stations and more advanced wet lab modules, that is, in vivo dissections and Heart Transplant Surgery on a swine model. Materials and Methods. Forty-nine medical students (male, N = 27, female N = 22, and mean age = 23.7 years) from King's College London (KCL) and Greek Medical Schools attended the course. Participants were assessed with Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS), as well as Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Paired t-test associations were used to evaluate whether there was statistically significant improvement in their performance. Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined applied surgical science and wet lab simulation course as a teaching model for surgical skills at the undergraduate level. Results. The mean MCQ score was improved by 2.33/32 (P <0.005). Surgical skills competences, as defined by DOPS scores, were improved in a statically significant manner (P <0.005 for all paired t-test correlations). Conclusions. ESMSC seems to be an effective teaching model, which improves the understanding of the surgical approach and the basic surgical skills. In vivo models could be used potentially as a step further in the Undergraduate Surgical Education.

AB - Background. Essential Skills in the Management of Surgical Cases (ESMSC) is an international, animal model-based course. It combines interactive lectures with basic ex vivo stations and more advanced wet lab modules, that is, in vivo dissections and Heart Transplant Surgery on a swine model. Materials and Methods. Forty-nine medical students (male, N = 27, female N = 22, and mean age = 23.7 years) from King's College London (KCL) and Greek Medical Schools attended the course. Participants were assessed with Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS), as well as Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Paired t-test associations were used to evaluate whether there was statistically significant improvement in their performance. Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined applied surgical science and wet lab simulation course as a teaching model for surgical skills at the undergraduate level. Results. The mean MCQ score was improved by 2.33/32 (P <0.005). Surgical skills competences, as defined by DOPS scores, were improved in a statically significant manner (P <0.005 for all paired t-test correlations). Conclusions. ESMSC seems to be an effective teaching model, which improves the understanding of the surgical approach and the basic surgical skills. In vivo models could be used potentially as a step further in the Undergraduate Surgical Education.

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U2 - 10.1155/2015/463987

DO - 10.1155/2015/463987

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84947577567

SN - 2314-6133

VL - 2015

JO - BioMed Research International

JF - BioMed Research International

M1 - 463987

ER -