The global coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of
personal and professional life since the first case was reported in the United States on …

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 …

Since the emergence of SARS-COV-2, the virus has percolated insidiously through
communities. For several months, it has dismantled social infrastructure globally and …

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 formal, preclinical curricular
interventions on medical students' perceptions of surgeons, surgical learning objectives, and …

Introduction Medical students historically receive little to no preclinical exposure to surgery
and surgical subspecialties. As a result, by the time they reach their clinical clerkship time …

Background Surgical educators have worked to manage the hopes and fears as well as the
recurring rumors that plague the surgical clerkship. It is not known if this has effected change …

In response to the disruption in surgical education that has resulted from the COVID-19
pandemic, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Division of Education through the ACS …

Abstract Background We created a Big Sibling mentorship program for medical students and
studied the program effects. Methods Between July 2019 to December 2020, students …

Background Medical students have negative perceptions of surgery prior to their clerkships.
To explore possible explanations, we examined the association between these perceptions …