Benefits of mock oral examinations in a multi-institutional consortium for board certification in general surgery training.

The Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education (SEMCME) is a consortium of teaching hospitals in the Greater Detroit metropolitan area. SEMCME pools its resources for several educational means, including mock oral board examinations. The educational and cost benefits to mock oral examinations on a multi-institutional basis in preparation for the American Board of Surgery (ABS) certifying examination were analyzed.

[Peridural morphine administration for postoperative analgesia on the general medical unit].

With the present study the risk of postoperative peridural analgesia with morphine on ordinary wards should be estimated. 50 patients undergoing gynecological laparotomies received 3 mg morphine by a peridural catheter for postoperative pain relief. The degree of postoperative pain was objectivated by a visual analogue scoring system (1-10).