title: Special training in maxillofacial surgery for medical students--economic burden or investment in the future?
abstract: We measured the motivation and interest of medical students in oral and maxillofacial surgery at a German university. After a detailed cost-benefit analysis of a course that used an ex-vivo animal model and active participation in the operating theatre, we measured changes in the students' interest in taking up a surgical specialty in the future. We found that practical experience could lower the expenses of the course by almost 70%. Twenty per cent of students chose oral and maxillofacial surgery as an elective in their final year. These students could be residents one day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany. Electronic address: florian.jm.bauer@tum.de.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Niklas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rommel
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rohleder
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koerdt
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus-Dietrich
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.affiliation: The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals - NHS Trust, Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kesting
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D013337:Students, Medical; D013515:Surgery, Oral
keywords: Hands-on training; Medical education; Medical students; Observed structured clinical examination; Young academics