Journal of surgical education
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The Department of Homeland Security launched the Stop the Bleed initiative, a campaign intended to teach bystanders hemorrhage control strategies. Despite the program's popularity, little is known about actions taken by participants afterwards. We sought to determine how often participants acquired the equipment that is necessary in applying the skills taught. ⋯ Despite reporting a high likelihood of utilizing hemorrhage control skills upon completion of the B-Con class, few went on to acquire the materials needed to apply these skills among those who responded. These results may be impacted by loss of follow up and response bias. Developing strategies that allow for easy access to materials is imperative and may lead to both better implementation of the purposes of the program and improved dissemination of its principles within the community.
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Interviews for residency are important for resident selection, yet how to best perform the interviews remains uncertain. Multiple approaches have been described with a variety of results. Our purpose of this study was to evaluate our Obstetrics-Gynecology residency program's interview structure to determine which interview components have association with performance evaluations completed by physicians and nurses during the residents' years of training at our program. ⋯ Resident teams' interview scores of applicants show the strongest association with eventual performance evaluations completed by faculty and nursing during residency. This demonstrates that current residents should have a role in the resident selection process during interviews. This does not provide data to abandon behavior-based interview techniques, but rather encourage each program to carefully apply their use during the resident selection process.
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Impostor phenomenon (IP) characterizes feelings of self-doubt coupled with feelings that achievements were based on luck and a fear of being discovered as an intellectual fraud. Recently, studies have focused on IP in medical trainees and its association with burnout; however, this research has not yet been conducted on surgeons. This study addresses that gap by investigating the prevalence of IP and burnout in general surgeons and surgery residents. ⋯ Contrary to studies in other medical fields, female general surgery faculty and trainees were no more likely than males to display characteristics of IP. Residents did; however, score higher than faculty on overall CIPS score. While we cannot determine how burnout and IP directly impact each other, our study shows that both faculty and trainees experiencing burnout are more likely to report symptoms of IP.
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The study objectives were to assess if surgical performance and subjective assessment of a virtual reality simulator platform was influenced by changing force feedback devices. ⋯ Our results show no statistical differences in virtual reality surgical performance utilizing the two bimanual haptic devices tested. Subjective assessments demonstrated that participants preferred the Entact system. Our results suggest that to maximize realism of the training experience educators employing virtual reality simulators may find it useful to assess expert opinion before choosing a force feedback device.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Computerized Residency Interview Scheduling: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Categorical General Surgery Applicants.
Scheduling interviews can be stressful and time-intensive for general surgery applicants and program coordinators. The objectives of this study were to determine whether computerized scheduling program (CSP) would decrease time to schedule interviews, reduce workload for residency coordinators, and improve applicant satisfaction. ⋯ CSPs expedited interview scheduling, decreased workload for program coordinators, and improved general surgery applicant satisfaction. However, despite the benefits of CSPs for programs and applicants, CSP use is not widespread among general surgery residency programs. Adoption of CSPs by all programs could greatly improve interview-scheduling processes for applicants and programs.