Background Interest in surgical careers among medical students has declined over the past
decade. Multiple explanations have been offered for why top students are deterred or …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unpreceded changes to medical
education. Medical students interested in urology and neurosurgery have reported concerns …

OBJECTIVE Interest in pursuing a surgical career has been declining among North
American medical students. Numerous factors are known to influence student interest in …

Issue: Current medical school curricula emphasize general practice principles, and this has
led predictably to increasingly limited exposure to subspecialties, including neurosurgery …

Background: Prior studies demonstrate that social media are used by plastic surgeons to
educate and engage. The hashtag# PlasticSurgery has been studied previously and is …

Background and aims: In recent years, undergraduate medical education has undergone a
transition from a speciality-based to a more competence-based training system …

1 Kolb 体验式学习循环的概念和基本内涵美国社会心理学家, 教育家, 杰出的体验学习大师大卫·
库伯(David Kolb) 在其理论著作《 体验学习——让体验成为学习和发展的源泉》 一书中 …

Objective: Changes in medical education have resulted in less available time for plastic
surgery, which might jeopardise the availability of plastic surgery for patients. The aims of …

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Background Plastic surgery is considered one of the most competitive specialties globally. In
Saudi Arabia, it was established in 2001 in the central province (Riyadh) and then expanded …