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An anastomosis craft workshop was held in New Zealand to help general surgical trainees acquire operative expertise outside the operating theatre.
Describes an anastomosis craft workshop for general surgical trainees in New Zealand.
Offers a practical model for off-theatre surgical skill training; leaves open impact on trainee competence and outcomes.
Surgery is a very personal exercise and no two surgeons use an identical technique. Traditionally, operative expertise has been acquired through a system of apprenticeships. Pettigrew has shown that operative performance is the main factor in determining postoperative complications and therefore the length of hospital stay, and surgical journals have recently returned to technique as a topic of debate. Certain skills, such as knot tying, can be learned and tested outside the operating theatre, and this has been extended to craft workshops dealing with more complex procedures, including fracture fixation. This article describes an anastomosis workshop held in New Zealand recently for general surgical trainees.
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Patrick Allen (1990) studied Surgical training. Anastomosis craft workshop was evaluated. An anastomosis craft workshop was held in New Zealand to help general surgical trainees acquire operative expertise outside the operating theatre.
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