South African surgical registrar perceptions of the research project component of training: Hope for the future?

Patel, Nirav; Naidoo, Poobalan; Smith, Martin; Loveland, Jerome; Govender, T.; Klopper, J. F.

doi:10.7196/samj.2016.v106i2.10310

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“…This issue was the first sphere of registrar training examined by SASSiT, with results disseminated by Patel et al in their article 'South African general surgical registrars perceptions of the research component of training: Hope for the Future? 4 In the United States the changing landscape of surgical training prompted the 2004 American Surgical Association Blue Ribbon Committee Report on Surgical Education. This report emphasised the need for surgical training to be tailored to the needs of specific disease profiles and to incorporate new technologies in order to compensate for the decreased patient exposure encountered in the training of the modern surgeon.…”

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Registrar perceptions on general surgical training in South Africa: A report by the South African Society of Surgeons in Training (SASSiT)

Patel¹,

Leusink²,

Singh³

et al. 2018

S. Afr. j. surg.

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Background: Surgical training varies significantly amongst universities within the same country. This trend is reflected in South Africa and provides an opportunity for innovation to improve the quality of general surgical training. Objective: To assess the perceptions of South African general surgery registrars regarding surgical training. Method: A prospective descriptive study was performed by means of a confidential questionnaire distributed to general surgical registrars at all eight training centers in South Africa. Participants were asked to give comments regarding adequacy of formal academic teaching, level of supervision during surgical procedures, exposure to and training in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), and preparation for examinations. Descriptive statistics were generated with Microsoft Excel. Ethics clearance was obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee. Results: Of 200 questionnaires distributed 105 (52.5%) were returned. 44% (105/241) of all registrars from six training institutions participated. 89.5% (94/105) of respondents reported that they attended less than six hours of formal academic teaching per week and 71.4% (75/105) indicated that their institution offered less than six hours of formal academic teaching per week. 76.2% (80/105) of respondents regarded lack of protected academic time as the greatest obstacle to their surgical training and 95.2% (99/105) reported that clinical responsibilities prevented them from attending formal academic teaching regularly. Overall, only 31.4% (33/105), 41.9% (44/105) and 37.1% (39/105) were satisfied with the amount of formal academic teaching, level of supervision during theatre procedures and exposure to minimally invasive surgery respectively. Lack of resources and lack of appropriate skills were identified as a hindrance to MIS training by 47.6% (50/105) and 28.6% (30/105) of respondents respectively. Conclusion: Surgical registrars are dissatisfied with the amount of formal academic teaching and protected academic time, level of supervision in theatre and their exposure to MIS. These challenges compromise trainees' ability to practice independently after qualification. Numerous interventions are necessary and possible to address these challenges.

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Registrar perceptions on general surgical training in South Africa: A report by the South African Society of Surgeons in Training (SASSiT)

Patel¹,

Leusink²,

Singh³

et al. 2018

S. Afr. j. surg.

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“…In addition, a lack of formal research training has repeatedly been stated to highly contribute toward unsuccessful and inefficient research experiences by surgical registrars in the United States (36), South Africa (43), Europe (44), and Germany (28) in particular. This might be a factor in the observation of almost halved number of basic science abstracts presented at the Academic Surgical Congress (4).…”

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“…Importance of mentorship for successful surgical research is stressed universally: Either in its positive form as a contributing factor for success (36,37,42,44) or in its negative form due to a lack of mentorship resulting in failed research projects (43,(47)(48)(49).…”

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Pediatric Surgical Research Output in Germany in the Last 30 Years – An Assessment and International Comparison of Three Dedicated Paediatric Surgical Journals

Sochaczewski

Muensterer

2020

Front. Pediatr.

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“…[11] GlobalSurg-1 was a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study conducted to address the global lack of surgical outcomes data. Six SA hospitals participated ('A multicentre evaluation of emergency abdominal surgery in South Africa: Results from the GlobalSurg1 South Africa study' [12] ).…”

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South African surgical registrar perceptions of the research project component of training: Hope for the future?

Cited by 15 publications

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Registrar perceptions on general surgical training in South Africa: A report by the South African Society of Surgeons in Training (SASSiT)

Registrar perceptions on general surgical training in South Africa: A report by the South African Society of Surgeons in Training (SASSiT)

Pediatric Surgical Research Output in Germany in the Last 30 Years – An Assessment and International Comparison of Three Dedicated Paediatric Surgical Journals

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