PMID- 23337675
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130821
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1878-7452 (Electronic)
IS  - 1878-7452 (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Jan-Feb
TI  - Early intervention to promote medical student interest in surgery and the 
      surgical subspecialties.
PG  - 81-6
LID - S1931-7204(12)00234-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.09.001 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Concerns about projected workforce shortages are growing, and 
      attrition rates among surgical residents remain high. Early exposure of medical 
      students to the surgical profession may promote interest in surgery and allow 
      students more time to make informed career decisions. The objective of this study 
      was to evaluate the impact of a simple, easily reproducible intervention aimed at 
      increasing first- and second-year medical student interest in surgery. DESIGN: 
      Surgery Saturday (SS) is a student-organized half-day intervention of four 
      faculty-led workshops that introduce suturing, knot tying, open instrument 
      identification, operating room etiquette, and basic laparoscopic skills. Medical 
      students who attended SS were administered pre-/post-surveys that gauged change 
      in surgical interest levels and provided a self-assessment (1-5 Likert-type 
      items) of knowledge and skills acquisition. PARTICIPANTS: First- and second-year 
      medical students. OUTCOME MEASURES: Change in interest in the surgical field as 
      well as perceived knowledge and skills acquisition. RESULTS: Thirty-three first- 
      and second-year medical students attended SS and completed pre-/post-surveys. 
      Before SS, 14 (42%) students planned to pursue a surgical residency, 4 (12%) did 
      not plan to pursue a surgical residency, and 15 (46%) were undecided. At the 
      conclusion, 29 (88%) students indicated an increased interested in surgery, 
      including 87% (13/15) who were initially undecided. Additionally, attendees 
      reported a significantly (p < 0.05) higher comfort level in the following: 
      suturing, knot tying, open instrument identification, operating room etiquette, 
      and laparoscopic instrument identification and manipulation. CONCLUSIONS: SS is a 
      low resource, high impact half-day intervention that can significantly promote 
      early medical student interest in surgery. As it is easily replicable, adoption 
      by other medical schools is encouraged.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by 
      Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Patel, Madhukar S
AU  - Patel MS
AD  - University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA.
FAU - Mowlds, Donald S
AU  - Mowlds DS
FAU - Khalsa, Bhavraj
AU  - Khalsa B
FAU - Foe-Parker, Jennifer E
AU  - Foe-Parker JE
FAU - Rama, Asheen
AU  - Rama A
FAU - Jafari, Fariba
AU  - Jafari F
FAU - Whealon, Matthew D
AU  - Whealon MD
FAU - Salibian, Ara
AU  - Salibian A
FAU - Hoyt, David B
AU  - Hoyt DB
FAU - Stamos, Michael J
AU  - Stamos MJ
FAU - Endres, Jill E
AU  - Endres JE
FAU - Smith, Brian R
AU  - Smith BR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20121017
PL  - United States
TA  - J Surg Educ
JT  - Journal of surgical education
JID - 101303204
SB  - IM
EIN - J Surg Educ. 2013 May-Jun;70(3):435. Mowlds, Donald S [added]; Foe-Parker, 
      Jennifer E [added]; Whealon, Matthew D [added]; Endres, Jill E [added]
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Career Choice
MH  - Communication
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - General Surgery/*education
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Students, Medical/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Workforce
EDAT- 2013/01/23 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/22 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/23 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/06/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/09/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1931-7204(12)00234-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.09.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Surg Educ. 2013 Jan-Feb;70(1):81-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.09.001. Epub 2012 
      Oct 17.