Background Interest and applications to surgery have steadily decreased over recent years
in the United States. The goal of this review is to collect the current literature regarding US …

Objectives We set out to review the published literature relating to the educational
experiences of medical students in the operating theatre. In particular, we wished to deduce …

ABSTRACT Background On March 17, 2020 the Association of American Medical Colleges
recommended dismissal of medical students from clinical settings due to the COVID-19 …

Background Basic surgical skills training is rarely emphasised in undergraduate medical
curricula. However, the provision of skills tutorials requires significant commitment from time …

Objective Securing a residency training position in plastic surgery is highly competitive each
year with a limited quota of positions and numerous qualified applicants. Although previous …

Objective We aimed to identify and critically appraise all literature surrounding simulation-
based learning (SBL) courses, to assess their relevance as tools for undergraduate surgical …

Background The surgical clerkship is the primary surgical learning experience for medical
students. This study aims to understand student perspectives on the surgery clerkship both …

Background This study aims to determine the effect of a pre-clerkship workshop on medical
students' perceptions of surgery and surgeons and to describe their concerns and learning …

Medical students are expected to perform common procedures such as suturing on patients
during their third‐year clerkships. However, these experiences are often viewed by medical …

Abstract Background The Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP) is a
voluntary preclerkship surgical bootcamp that uses simulation learning to build procedural …