title: Assessment of student experiences in technical procedures in surgical clerkship.
abstract: To determine the amount of exposure to technical procedures received by students at the New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, during their first surgical clerkship, a prospective study was carried out over a 3-year period. Students completing each 12-week clerkship filled in a questionnaire to indicate whether they had received exposure to a series of technical procedures. The study showed that students received relatively little experience in some important, though less commonly employed, techniques. It is therefore recommended that: (a) the instruction in technical procedures be carried out on a planned basis; (b) performance of some routine laboratory tests by students be curtailed to permit more time for technical experience in other areas; and (c) the dog laboratory be utilized for the teaching and practice of surgical procedures.
mesh_terms: D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education; D009515:New Jersey; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires