title: A preliminary review of a pilot curriculum to teach open surgical skills during general surgery residency with initial feedback.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study is to provide a preliminary review of a pilot curriculum to teach open surgical skills during general surgery residency and obtain initial feedback.
  
  
  METHODS
  The general surgery residency program introduced an open surgical skills training curriculum in 2009. The skills sessions are undertaken under the guidance of the faculty. An annual survey was distributed to the residents and faculty to obtain their feedback.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A total of 50 sessions were conducted over the last 2 years. Ninety-five percent of the residents perceived this educational activity to be above average to exceptional with nearly 70% rating it as exceptional. Sixty-three percent of the faculty perceived it as above average to exceptional, with nearly 40% rating it as exceptional. The open surgical skills training curriculum was rated as the most educational activity in the program by residents and faculty alike.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Center, 984030 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4030, USA. care@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Chandrakanth
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Are
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lomneth
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stoddard
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azarow
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D007721:Knowledge of Results, Psychological; D009329:Nebraska; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education; D014481:United States