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A New Training Model for Adult Circumcision
27 January 2012
Mohamed Ismat Abdulmajed, Matthew Thomas, Iqbal S. Shergill
Background: Adult circumcision is an extremely common surgical operation. As such, we developed a simple model to teach junior doctors the various techniques of circumcision in a safe, reliable, and r...
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Do Medical Students Understand Brain Death? A Survey Study
19 January 2012
Isaac Tawil, Sylvia M. Gonzales, Jonathan Marinaro, T. Craig Timm, Summers Kalishman, Cameron S. Crandall
Background: A lack of understanding of brain death has been demonstrated among physicians, and may stem from knowledge deficits at the medical school level. The authors sought to evaluate current unde...
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Nomogram to Predict Successful Placement in Surgical Subspecialty Fellowships Using Applicant Characteristics
19 January 2012
Tyler M. Muffly, Matthew D. Barber, Matthew T. Karafa, Michael W. Kattan, Abigail Shniter, J. Eric Jelovsek
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to develop a model that predicts an individual applicant's probability of successful placement into a surgical subspecialty fellowship program. Methods: Candidate...
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Service versus Education, What Are We Talking About?
19 January 2012
Dane E. Smith, Brent Johnson, Yonge Jones
Objective: To investigate the degree of variability in perception as related to the service versus education issue in general surgery residency education. Study design: A survey questionnaire was desi...
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Educational Value of Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conferences: Are Minor Complications Important?
16 January 2012
Marie K. Thomas, Robert J. McDonald, Eugene F. Foley, Sharon M. Weber
Background: Often, minor complications are not reported in morbidity and mortality (M&M) conference because they are considered insignificant to patient outcome. As part of an effort to improve th...
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