Commentary: See one, do one, teach one…not anymore

See one, do one, teach one: hand hygiene attitudes among medical students, interns, and faculty.

An anonymous, online survey of medical students, interns, and faculty at a university hospital was conducted in 2013 to examine self-reported adherence to hand hygiene opportunities. Variation in self-reported adherence ranged from frequencies of 60%-100%. Such variation suggests the need to direct education toward hand hygiene opportunities with lower reported rates of adherence, especially to...

Beyond "see one, do one, teach one": toward a different training paradigm.

In the process of acquiring new skills, physicians-in-training may expose patients to harm because they lack the required experience, knowledge and technical skills. Yet, most teaching hospitals use inexperienced residents to care for high-acuity patients in complex and dynamic environments and provide limited supervision from experienced clinicians. Multiple efforts in the last few years have ...

Enhancing medical education to address obesity: "See one. Taste one. Cook one. Teach one.".

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See One, Do One, Modify One: Prostate Surgery in the 1930s

"Do one, teach one": the new paradigm in general surgery residency training.

OBJECTIVE There is literature examining the total number of procedures performed by surgery residents before and after duty hour restrictions (DHR). There is insufficient literature addressing the effect of DHR on the number of procedures in which residents directly participate as an assistant, rather than as the primary operating surgeon. METHODS The operative experience of general surgery r...