Mohammed Al Jaffal
Barriers general education teachers face regarding the inclusion of students with autism
Frontiers in psychology
royal college surgeons basic surgical skills bss course ubiquitous among uk surgical trainees geographically limited costly covid19 pandemic reduced training quality surveys illustrate reduced logbook completion increased trainee attrition local peerled teaching shown effective increasing confidence surgical skills costeffective manner qualitative data trainee wellbeing recruitment retention lacking study aims evaluate impact novel program weekly lunchtime bss sessions quantitative qualitative factors weekly lunchtime bss course designed achieve outcomes royal college surgeons bss course 16week period overlapping 1 foundation doctor rotation health care workers study center eligible participate study advertised via weekly trustwide information email course sessions included knot tying suturing abscess incision drainage fracture fixation application plaster paris joint aspirations reductions abdominal wall closure basic laparoscopic skills hospital canteen sourced unwanted pig skin local butcher suturing sessions pork belly abscess abdominal wall closure sessions outofdate surgical equipment used concurrent nested mixed methods study involved descriptive analysis perceived improvement scores surgical skill session 4 iterations course may 2021 august 2022 sessions students completed voluntary webbased feedback form scoring presession postsession confidence levels 5point likert scale qualitative thematic analysis voluntary semistructured student interview transcripts also performed understand impact freetoattend local weekly nearpeer teaching course perceived wellbeing quality training interest surgical career students consented use feedback interview data study ethics approval requested deemed necessary study centers ethics committee 64 responses confidence significantly improved 47 73 95 ci 1527 p001 t1353117 across surgical skills 4 iterations among 7 semistructured interviews 100 77 participants reported improved perceived wellbeing value added training positivity toward nearpeer teaching 71 57 preferred local weekly teaching interest surgical career unchanged course feasible around clinical workloads resourced locally next cost environmentally sustainable free attend course offered junior doctors weekly opportunity learn also teach peerled decentralized surgical education increases confidence positive effect perceptions wellbeing training hope disseminate course leading reproduction centers refinement wide implementation