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Expertise and Skill in Minimally Invasive Surgery
2009
New attitudes to medical ethics and demands for efficiency have brought increased attention to surgical skills and training. It is important to characterize the expertise and skill involved in the multidimensional surgical profession. At a time of change, there is a need to discuss the nature of surgical expertise, and also the prospects for resident training, with special reference to new minimally invasive techniques (MIS). In this paper, we selectively review knowledge on surgical expertise and the specific demands placed on a skilled MIS surgeon. In addition, the review contains a selection of studies from those areas that have been seen as important for the future of training in surge…
Can ‘Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology Subspecialty Diploma in Glaucoma,’ a subspecialty examination on glaucoma induce the qualification…
2016
From 2015, the examination of Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology Subspecialty Diploma in Glaucoma (FEBOS-Glaucoma) was launched by the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) in cooperation with the European Glaucoma Society (EGS). This opinion aims at disclosing the background of the examination, prerequisite to the examination, and the value of the FEBOS-Glaucoma diploma.
Turning a new “page”: ways to decrease the number of pages after hours without compromising patient care
2020
Pages to house staff after hours, especially overnight, lead to interrupted sleep and fatigue the next day. Although some pages are urgent, others may not need an immediate response. In this study we aimed to identify unwarranted pages and to establish ways to reduce them.Over 2 months, all pages to the Department of Pediatric Urology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, during call hours were documented, including the assessment of the responding physicians of their medical necessity. After analyzing the reasons for inappropriate pages, we took several steps to try to reduce them without impairing patient care. One year later, pages were tracked again to evaluate the effic…
Development and evaluation of 3-dimensional printed models of the human tracheobronchial system for training in flexible bronchoscopy.
2017
OBJECTIVES Training and assessment of proper skills in flexible bronchoscopy are major educational goals for cardiothoracic residents. Therefore, we developed 3-dimensional (3D) printed models of the human tracheobronchial system for training and assessment of cardiothoracic residents in flexible bronchoscopy. METHODS Three models of normal (size/shape) human tracheobronchial anatomy were generated using a commercially available 3D printer. Ten residents (inexperienced: Group 1; experienced: Group 2) participated in this study with an experimental setting of initial assessment (Model 1), training (15 min, Model 2) and post-training assessment (Model 3). The time needed for flexible bronchos…
Training Cardiac Surgeons: Safety and Requirements.
2021
To analyze whether cardiac surgical residents can perform their first surgeries without compromising patients' safety or outcomes, by comparing their performance and results to those of senior surgeons. All documented CABGs conducted between 2002 and 2020 were included. Surgeries were divided according to the experience level of the main surgeon (defined by the number of CABG conducted by him/her) using the following thresholds: 1000; 150; 80 and 35. This resulted in 5 groups: senior surgeons (the reference group); attending surgeons; fellow surgeons; advanced residents and new residents. Primary endpoint was 30 day mortality. Secondary endpoints included a list of intra and post-operative …
The role of internship for the future of professional careers in psychology: an explorative study on the academic practices featuring Italian degree …
2022
The significant changes envisaged by the reform related to the role of internship in the degree programmes in Psychology will have important consequences for future psychologists’ professional careers in Italy. Con- sidering the relevant guiding function played by the internship in the development of future career paths of graduates, the MeMoS group, proposed a research project aimed to investigate the state of the art of the Italian degree programmes in Psychology, collecting information about internships and their impact on fu- ture psychologists’ professionalisation. A structured interview was developed to understand the processes related to internships within the Psychology programmes i…
The views of employers on internships as a means of learning from work experience in higher education
2011
This article examines internships as part of the apprenticeship model of learning adopted in higher education. We focus on employers’ views on internships, which have hitherto received only limited...
Burnout and Online Medical Education: Romanian Students in Lockdown and Their Residency Choices.
2022
The primary aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of burnout in Romanian medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey for Students (MBI-GS(S)). The presence of burnout was assessed based on Exhaustion (EX), Cynicism (CY) and Professional Efficacy (PE) subscales. The secondary aim of the study was to identify the presence of intentional shift in medical specialty compared to their initial pursued choice within the population investigated. Data was collected online at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 through a licensed, customized MBI-GS(S) questionnaire from a sample of 126 Romanian medical students at the two leading medi…
Information behaviour of the millennial generation: a scoping review of medical residents and their use of social media.
2018
Background Medical residents can offer ideas for new information services, as most of them are 'digital natives', although reviews of the use of social media in health care settings do not provide data on their information behaviour. Objective A scoping review aimed at providing a research map for the information behaviour of medical residents and their use of social media, listing the aspects of the information behaviour studied and the theories and methods used. Methods A search was carried out in pubmed, embase, cinahl and lisa in April of 2018, with the results limited to the period from 2010 onwards. Results Thirty-nine relevant articles from 38 different studies were identified. The p…
Italian survey on the residents' surgical level in gynecology and obstetrics
2020
Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the number of surgical procedures performed by Italian residents and their confidence to carry out different surgeries in obstetrics and gynecology. Methods: The present study is a national survey including all Italian gynecology and obstetrics senior residents. A questionnaire including 25 questions was provided. The free Google Forms site was used to create the survey. The study was conducted from April to October 2019. The survey started from the University Hospital of Parma, a tertiary hospital, and was sent to all the Italian post-graduation medical school in gynecology and obstetrics. An e-mail was sent to all representative residents in …