Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students
Abstract Introduction Since the early 2000's, the appeal of certain operating room specialties has decreasedamong medical school graduate students. The recent reform of the second and third cycles of medical studies in France provides an opportunity to set up teaching programs around operating...
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| author | Etienne Buscail Manon Bolzinger Jason Shourick Marie Laure Lier Phillipe Sautier Magali Delhoste Fabrice Muscari Nicolas Carrère Charlotte Maulat Yoann Dalmas Pierre Brinas Thomas Prudhomme Cyril Podio Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon Odile Rauzy Thomas Geeraerts Olivier Abbo |
| author_facet | Etienne Buscail Manon Bolzinger Jason Shourick Marie Laure Lier Phillipe Sautier Magali Delhoste Fabrice Muscari Nicolas Carrère Charlotte Maulat Yoann Dalmas Pierre Brinas Thomas Prudhomme Cyril Podio Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon Odile Rauzy Thomas Geeraerts Olivier Abbo |
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| description | Abstract Introduction Since the early 2000's, the appeal of certain operating room specialties has decreasedamong medical school graduate students. The recent reform of the second and third cycles of medical studies in France provides an opportunity to set up teaching programs around operating room specialties. We have organised a teaching unit which is part of the final year of medical studies. The main objectives are: (1) to examine whether a boot camp can modify students’ opinions and preconceived assumptions about a surgical and/or anaesthetist career (2) to determine whether these changes in perception, have an impact on students' interest in pursuing a surgical/anaesthetic career compared with the current situation. Materials and methods The “working in the operating theatre” boot camp (UETB) took place after the written exams of the sixth year of medical school, before students choose their future specialty for residency. This program included practical workshops, readings and time for exchanges surgeons and anaesthetists. At the beginning and at the end of the UETB, feedback forms were collected. Results The cohort included 59 students from the Toulouse medical school, academic year 2023–2024. After attending the UETB, there was a significant qualitative improvement in interest in a surgical and intensive care-anaesthesia career. Feedback on how the UETB influenced the choice of a future specialty was very positive, with statistically significant qualitive improvement., Additionally, the students’ perception of a work-life quality as a surgeon and/or anaesthetist improved significantly. Conclusion The outcome of this study makes a strong case for integrating additional exposure to the various surgical subspecialties into the graduate medical curriculum in France. By helping to dispel misperceptions of “a surgical/anaesthetist career” early on, opportunities such as the UETB program may enable addressing the attrition rate observed among surgical and anaesthetic residency applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a4eaa7e9bc124094aa8fe442d7271f8f2024-11-10T12:30:22ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202024-11-012411910.1186/s12909-024-06165-9Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical studentsEtienne Buscail0Manon Bolzinger1Jason Shourick2Marie Laure Lier3Phillipe Sautier4Magali Delhoste5Fabrice Muscari6Nicolas Carrère7Charlotte Maulat8Yoann Dalmas9Pierre Brinas10Thomas Prudhomme11Cyril Podio12Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon13Odile Rauzy14Thomas Geeraerts15Olivier Abbo16Department of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Infection Control, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Urology, Toulouse University HospitalToulouse Institute for Health SimulationToulouse Institute for Health SimulationInternal Medicine and Immunopathology Department, The Toulouse University Cancer Institute-Oncopole, Toulouse University Hospital CentreDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Toulouse University HospitalDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Toulouse University HospitalAbstract Introduction Since the early 2000's, the appeal of certain operating room specialties has decreasedamong medical school graduate students. The recent reform of the second and third cycles of medical studies in France provides an opportunity to set up teaching programs around operating room specialties. We have organised a teaching unit which is part of the final year of medical studies. The main objectives are: (1) to examine whether a boot camp can modify students’ opinions and preconceived assumptions about a surgical and/or anaesthetist career (2) to determine whether these changes in perception, have an impact on students' interest in pursuing a surgical/anaesthetic career compared with the current situation. Materials and methods The “working in the operating theatre” boot camp (UETB) took place after the written exams of the sixth year of medical school, before students choose their future specialty for residency. This program included practical workshops, readings and time for exchanges surgeons and anaesthetists. At the beginning and at the end of the UETB, feedback forms were collected. Results The cohort included 59 students from the Toulouse medical school, academic year 2023–2024. After attending the UETB, there was a significant qualitative improvement in interest in a surgical and intensive care-anaesthesia career. Feedback on how the UETB influenced the choice of a future specialty was very positive, with statistically significant qualitive improvement., Additionally, the students’ perception of a work-life quality as a surgeon and/or anaesthetist improved significantly. Conclusion The outcome of this study makes a strong case for integrating additional exposure to the various surgical subspecialties into the graduate medical curriculum in France. By helping to dispel misperceptions of “a surgical/anaesthetist career” early on, opportunities such as the UETB program may enable addressing the attrition rate observed among surgical and anaesthetic residency applications.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06165-9Undergraduate Medical EducationSurgical EducationAnaesthesia EducationMedical StudentsCareerStereotype |
| spellingShingle | Etienne Buscail Manon Bolzinger Jason Shourick Marie Laure Lier Phillipe Sautier Magali Delhoste Fabrice Muscari Nicolas Carrère Charlotte Maulat Yoann Dalmas Pierre Brinas Thomas Prudhomme Cyril Podio Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon Odile Rauzy Thomas Geeraerts Olivier Abbo Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students BMC Medical Education Undergraduate Medical Education Surgical Education Anaesthesia Education Medical Students Career Stereotype |
| title | Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| title_full | Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| title_fullStr | Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| title_short | Welcome to the operating theatre! Introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| title_sort | welcome to the operating theatre introductory bootcamp in operating theatre specialities for medical students |
| topic | Undergraduate Medical Education Surgical Education Anaesthesia Education Medical Students Career Stereotype |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06165-9 |
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