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ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Student Views on a Novel Holistic Surgical Education Curriculum (iG4): A Multi-national Survey in a Changing Landscape.

Michail Sideris, Marios Nicolaides, Iakovos Theodoulou, Elif Iliria Emin, John Gerrard Hanrahan, Aikaterini Dedeilia, Efthymia Theodorou, Georgios Paparoidamis, Ziena Abdullah, Constantinos Papoutsos and 3 more

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Michail Sideris *Women's Health Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K. m.sideris@qmul.ac.uk.
Marios Nicolaides *Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
Iakovos Theodoulou *Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, U.K.
Elif Iliria EminFaculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, U.K.
John Gerrard HanrahanEast of Anglia Deanery, Cambridge, U.K.
Aikaterini DedeiliaMedical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Efthymia TheodorouBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
Georgios PaparoidamisMedical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ziena AbdullahBarking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, London, U.K.
Constantinos PapoutsosBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
Theodoros PittarasHematology Laboratory-Blood Bank, Aretaieion Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Funlayo OdejinmiWhipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS, London, U.K.
Apostolos PapaloisExperimental, Educational and Research Centre ELPEN, Athens, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimEssential Skills in the Management of Surgical Cases (ESMSC Marathon Course™ MATERIAL AND

methodsMedical students were invited to apply to the course online and were screened against pre-defined criteria. A multi-national structured questionnaire incorporating five domains related to the course curriculum and our dedicated research network, was designed and distributed to participants after successful completion of the course.

resultsForty-one students from European and Asian medical schools completed the course and filled in the survey. The median overall evaluation score of the course was 4.73 out of 5 (interquartile range=4.21-4.72) and all students found that iG4 served the vision of holistic surgical education. ESMSC had a positive motivational effect towards following a career in surgery (p=0.012) and 92.7% of students declared that it should be an essential part of a future medical school curriculum. There was no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) in results between participants of different countries of study, year of studies or age group.

conclusionThe ESMSC Marathon Course™ is perceived as a unique course model, with an established educational value and a positive motivational effect towards surgery. It might potentially be implemented in future medical school curricula as an essential element of undergraduate surgical education. The iG4 curriculum has opened a new exciting horizon of opportunities for advancing undergraduate holistic surgical education.

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CurriculumStudents, MedicalFemaleGeneral SurgeryHolistic HealthHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Kingdomcurriculumholistic surgical educationMedical studentsprofessionalismsimulation trainingundergraduate medical education

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PMID32354893
PMCPMC7279829

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