Abstract
MedEdPublish (ISSN 2312–7996) is a highly visible, open access, specialist practitioner e-journal that enables academics, teachers, clinicians, researchers and students to publish their experiences, views and research findings relating to teaching, learning and assessment in medical and health professions education. An innovative and key feature of MedEdPublish is that the peer review process begins following publication.
Highlights
Despite limited exposure to surgical subspecialties during the preclinical years of medical school, residency positions in these fields remain highly sought after and competitive (Resnick, 2000)
Few medical institutions have described a formal model for a preclinical medical student exposure program to surgical sub-specialties, and most are restricted to a single sub-specialty (Allen et al, 2009; Grover et al, 2009; Lee et al, 2011; Patel et al, 2013; Zuckerman et al, 2016; Dallas et al, 2019; Lazow et al, 2019)
We see individual changes in interest at the participant level occurring across all surgical subspecialties
Summary
Despite limited exposure to surgical subspecialties during the preclinical years of medical school, residency positions in these fields remain highly sought after and competitive (Resnick, 2000). Prior reports have shown that two important factors in the decision to pursue a surgical residency are interest in surgery prior to the third year of medical school and student "fit" in the culture of the specialty (Erzurum et al, 2000; Berman et al, 2008; Allen et al, 2009; Goldin et al, 2012; Schmidt, Cooper and Guo, 2016; Zuckerman et al, 2016; George et al, 2017; Peel, Schlachta and Alkhamesi, 2018). Initial exposure to a competitive surgical field in the third year is often too late to impact students’ specialty decision, as the push to acquire research and meaningful exposure to become a competitive applicant begins early in medical school. We describe the creation and impact of a novel Surgical Subspecialty Experience (OR vs clinic shadowing and surgical skills sessions) Program (SSEP) for pre-clinical medical curricula
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