TY - JOUR
AU - Reznick, Richard
AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLES Teaching Surgical Skills: What Kind of Practice Makes Perfect? A Randomized, Controlled Trial Carol-Anne E. Moulton, MB, BS, FRACS, MEd, Adam Dubrowski, PhD, Helen MacRae, MD, MA, FRCSC, FACS, Brent Graham, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Ethan Grober, MD, and Richard Reznick, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS hanges in the surgical training curriculum, precipitated Objective: Surgical skills laboratories have become an important 1,2 Cby limitations to resident work hours, concerns over venue for early skill acquisition. The principles that govern training 3,4 patient safety, and budgetary constraints in the operating in this novel educational environment remain largely unknown; the 5,6 room have compelled surgical educators to search for more commonest method of training, especially for continuing medical effective and creative means of teaching surgical skills. education (CME), is a single multihour event. This study addresses Emerging technologies have also created a need for strategies the impact of an alternative method, where learning is distributed to deliver technical education to surgeons already in practice. over a number of training sessions. The acquisition and transfer of Consequently, laboratories dedicated to teaching technical a new skill to a life-like model is assessed. aspects of surgical skill have become increasingly popular Methods: Thirty-eight junior 
TI - Teaching Surgical Skills: What Kind of Practice Makes Perfect? A Randomized, Controlled Trial
JF - Annals of Surgery
DO - 10.1097/01.sla.0000234808.85789.6a
DA - 2006-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/teaching-surgical-skills-colon-what-kind-of-practice-makes-perfect-a-PIWOW4JWu5
SP - 400
EP - 409
VL - 244
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -