BACKGROUND: Day-case surgery, theatre direct admissions and elective surgery have revolutionised the surgical patient's pathway, and have minimised the length of their hospital stay. However, with large numbers of medical students placed mostly at teaching hospitals, this has also significantly reduced students' exposure to clinical signs in surgery. This study aimed to assess whether the preoperative assessment clinic would be an appropriate teaching arena to offer medical students exposure to clinical signs. METHODS: Junior doctors assigned to the preoperative assessment clinic were asked to fill out a specially designed questionnaire for each patient they reviewed. This included the planned operation, presenting complaint, and identifica...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...
Establishing day-case surgery as the preferred hospital admission route for all eligible patients re...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...
Background A major focus of the medical school curriculum is to ensure medical students are well pre...
The literature on preoperative education is dominated by studies that employ experimental designs to...
Background: Preoperative preparation (assessment) of patients reduces cancellations on the day of su...
Introduction Preoperative assessment is a core competency for internal medicine residents, but one w...
Surgical observation is an integral part of surgical training. Junior residents, who have limited un...
Preoperative education is described as providing patients with health-related information, teaching ...
Title. Nurses' perceptions of preoperative teaching for ambulatory surgical patients. Aim. This pape...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Objectives: To investigate the patients’ perception regarding undergraduate medical students’ role i...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Objectives: The introduction of competency-based training has necessitated development and implement...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...
Establishing day-case surgery as the preferred hospital admission route for all eligible patients re...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...
Background A major focus of the medical school curriculum is to ensure medical students are well pre...
The literature on preoperative education is dominated by studies that employ experimental designs to...
Background: Preoperative preparation (assessment) of patients reduces cancellations on the day of su...
Introduction Preoperative assessment is a core competency for internal medicine residents, but one w...
Surgical observation is an integral part of surgical training. Junior residents, who have limited un...
Preoperative education is described as providing patients with health-related information, teaching ...
Title. Nurses' perceptions of preoperative teaching for ambulatory surgical patients. Aim. This pape...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Objectives: To investigate the patients’ perception regarding undergraduate medical students’ role i...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in ...
Objectives: The introduction of competency-based training has necessitated development and implement...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...
Establishing day-case surgery as the preferred hospital admission route for all eligible patients re...
Background: Surgeons in training undertake procedure-based assessment (PBA) with their trainers. Tim...