909 Modern Integrated Surgical Teaching for Junior Doctors: Local Workshops and Online Webinars

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Abstract Introduction Reforms in the postgraduate and undergraduate curriculum have resulted in a lack of surgical teaching. By tailoring educational objectives to learning needs of junior doctors, we assessed the perceptions and knowledge transfer of our 2-phase surgical teaching programme. Method A perception questionnaire was distributed amongst junior doctors to establish confidence levels in surgical topics. Junior doctors were invited to attend (1) a local surgical techniques workshop and (2) an online national webinar. Perception questionnaire and knowledge tests were delivered before and after each session. Result 87.5% (n = 14) participants were not confident assessing an unwell surgical patient when on-call. Mean confidence gain before and after the practical session was 4.18 (W = 91.0, p = 0.0002). 106 participants attended the online webinar. 61.3% (n = 65) were quite confident in assessing a sick surgical patient and 56.6% (n = 60) were quite confident managing a sick surgical patient. The majority (97.2%, n = 103) deemed the session to be useful to very useful. Mean knowledge gain before and after the session was 32.8% (t = 4.67, p = 0.009). Conclusions Improvement in confidence and knowledge in surgical topics amongst juniors can be feasible by implementing blended learning tools, such as online webinars.