In the last 30 years surgical reforms have threatened trainees' operative training experience.
The need for trainees to be well prepared and to maximise their training experiences has …

Introduction Reforms to surgical training in the last three decades have threatened to reduce
trainees' operative experience. In 2012 ASiT recommended that trainees “take a proactive …

Objective This study sought to increase understanding of preoperative preparatory
strategies utilised by senior surgical residents and identify how social and material forces …

Context For centuries now, the operating room (OR) has been the environment in which
surgical trainees come to master procedures. Restricted working hours and insufficient …

Introduction: Surgical training has gone through a paradigm shift in recent years. The trends
have shifted from an apprenticeship model to a new era of self-teaching and an attitude …

Introduction In the UK, acting as clinical supervisors, consultant surgeons make judgements
about trainee performance every day. Their professional judgements provide the primary …

Background Surgical education is changing, with residents having less time to learn more
procedures. We aim to explore how residents prepare for the operating room and what …

Background: Canadian surgical residency programs are designed to prepare trainees to
develop into competent and safe surgeons. Multiple innovative teaching models and …

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the confusion, conflicts and challenges faced by
many academic staff and staff involved with perioperative education. To appreciate the …

OBJECTIVE The operating theatre (OT) is an important learning environment. Trainees face
barriers to learning in the OT that may reduce meaningful educational interactions. The …