A step forward in surgical education?

A step forward in surgical education?

Traditionally, surgical education was imparted through intensive work, practice, and, most importantly, experience. It was estimated that a trainee would work over 30,000 hours before becoming a consultant. The training curriculum has changed substantially on numerous occasions to meet the requirements of the European Working Time Directive. Despite these perceived thefts from surgical experien...

Surgical electronic logbook: A step forward.

INTRODUCTION The surgical electronic logbook (surgical e-logbook) aims to: simplify registration of the training activities of surgical residents, and to obtain reliable and detailed reports about these activities for resident evaluation. METHODS The surgical e-logbook is a unique and shared database. Residents prospectively record their activities in 3 areas: surgical, scientific and teachin...

Is In-Vivo laparoscopic simulation learning a step forward in the Undergraduate Surgical Education?

BACKGROUND Essentials Skills in the Management of Surgical Cases - ESMSC is an International Combined Applied Surgical Science and Wet Lab course addressed at the Undergraduate level. Laparoscopic Skills is a fundamental element of Surgical Education and various Simulation-Based Learning (SBL) models have been endorsed. This study aims to explore if there is any significant difference in delega...

One step forward

[A step forward].

Nos gustaría comenzar esta nueva etapa agradeciendo a Elsevier y al anterior equipo editorial su esfuerzo, su constancia y su contribución al desarrollo de la Enfermería desde que comenzaron su andadura en el año 2004. Sin duda, Enfermería Clínica ha brindando a los enfermeros y enfermeras la posibilidad de colaborar en un objetivo común: el avance de la profesión para poder ofrecer nuestra mej...