Journal of surgical education
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Leadership plays a key role in trauma team management and might affect the efficiency of patient care. Our hypothesis was that a positive relationship exists between the trauma team members' perception of leadership and the efficiency of the injured patient's initial evaluation. ⋯ The trauma team's perception of leadership is associated positively with clinical efficiency. As such, more formal leadership training could potentially improve patient care and should be included in surgical education.
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Journal club (JC) is a well-recognized education tool for many postgraduate medical education programs. Journal club helps residents learn critical analytic skills and keep up to date with current medical practices. To our knowledge, there is minimal evidence in the current literature detailing modern JC practices of general surgery training programs. Our study attempts to define how general surgery residency programs are implementing JC in their training process. ⋯ Journal club has historically been an integral part of general surgery training. Our research indicates that journal club is still used widely as a beneficial educational resource and helps meet core competency requirements.