Trauma training: mandatory ‘fire training’ for general surgeons?

General surgeons and endoscopy training.

Surgeons’ and Emergency Physicians’ Perceptions of Trauma Management and Training

OBJECTIVE The study objective was to determine whether surgeons and emergency medicine physicians (EMPs) have differing opinions on trauma residency training and trauma management in clinical practice. METHODS A survey was mailed to 250 EMPs and 250 surgeons randomly selected. RESULTS Fifty percent of surgeons perceived that surgery exclusively managed trauma compared to 27% of EMPs. Surgeo...

Non-doctors as trauma surgeons? A controlled study of trauma training for non-graduate surgeons in rural Cambodia.

INTRODUCTION Due to the accelerating global epidemic of trauma, efficient and sustainable models of trauma care that fit low-resource settings must be developed. In most low-income countries, the burden of surgical trauma is managed by non-doctors at local district hospitals. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether it is possible to establish primary trauma surgical services of acceptable quali...

Non-Doctors as Trauma Surgeons? A Controlled Study of Trauma Training for Non- Graduate Surgeons in Rural Cambodia

Introduction:Due to the accelerating global epidemic of trauma, efficient and sustainable models of trauma care that fit low-resource settings must be developed. In most low-income countries, the burden of surgical trauma is managed by non-doctors at local district hospitals. Objective: This study examined whether it is possible to establish primary trauma surgical services of acceptable qualit...

Training safer orthopedic surgeons

1 department of orthopaedics, barts and the london, the royal london hospital, london; 2 MSk lab, imperial College london, Charing Cross hospital, fulham, london; 3 institute of population health, university of Manchester, Manchester; 4 postgraduate School of Surgery, london deanery, london, uK. Correspondence: [email protected] and [email protected] * These authors contributed equally. Submitte...