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Simulated Surgical Workshops Enhance Medical School Students' Preparation For Clinical Rotation, Patricia Johnson, Christine Sly, Patrick Warnke
Simulated Surgical Workshops Enhance Medical School Students' Preparation For Clinical Rotation, Patricia Johnson, Christine Sly, Patrick Warnke
Patricia Johnson
Background A major focus of the medical school curriculum is to ensure medical students are well prepared prior to entering clinical rotations, which includes the compulsory surgical rotation. Objectives The objective of this research was to design and formally evaluate a set of real-life surgical workshops aimed at better preparing medical students for their clinical rotation in surgery. These workshops would be incorporated into the pre-clinical medical school curriculum. Method Dedicated surgical workshops were introduced into the pre-clinical component of the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program at our University in 2009. These workshops encompassed training in the clinical …