"BURSTING THE BUBBLE": Service learning in schools.

Background: At Imperial College, we developed a novel teaching programme for medical students based within a local primary school, with the aim of developing students' teaching skills and centring social accountability in our curriculum. Similar service-learning programmes have shown significant benefit for student participants, including: improving communication skills, developing an understanding of the social determinants of health, and increased empathy. In partnership with a local primary school, the programme involved a group of medical students designing, developing and delivering a teaching session to primary school children.

Support for reporting guidelines in surgical journals needs improvement: A systematic review.

Introduction: Evidence-based medicine works best if the evidence is reported well. Past studies have shown reporting quality to be lacking in the field of surgery. Reporting guidelines are an important tool for authors to optimize the reporting of their research.

Preferred reporting of case series in surgery; the PROCESS guidelines.

Introduction: Case series have been a long held tradition within the surgical literature and are still frequently published. Reporting guidelines can improve transparency and reporting quality. No guideline exists for reporting case series, and our recent systematic review highlights the fact that key data are being missed from such reports.

The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines.

Introduction: Case reports have been a long held tradition within the surgical literature. Reporting guidelines can improve transparency and reporting quality. However, recent consensus-based guidelines for case reports (CARE) are not surgically focused.

Nipple sparing versus skin sparing mastectomy: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Breast cancer has a lifetime incidence of one in eight women. Over the past three decades there has been a move towards breast conservation and a focus on aesthetic outcomes while maintaining oncological safety. For some patients, mastectomy is the preferred option.

Quality improvement teaching at medical school: a student perspective.

Guidelines in the UK require all doctors to actively take part in quality improvement. To ease future doctors into the process, formal quality improvement teaching can be delivered during medical school.

A protocol for the development of reporting criteria for surgical case reports: The SCARE statement.

Introduction: Case reports have specific relevance within the surgical literature. The Case Report Guidelines (CARE) were developed in 2013 to provide a framework to support accuracy in the publication of case reports. As such, they have been adopted by multiple journals.