How do early emotional experiences in the operating theatre influence medical student learning in this environment?

Background: The emotions experienced by medical students on first exposure to the operating theatre are unknown. It is also unclear what influence these emotions have on the learning process.

Purposes: To understand the emotions experienced by students when in the operating theatre for the first time and the impact of these emotions on learning.

The effectiveness of case-based learning in health professional education. A BEME systematic review: BEME Guide No. 23.

Background: Case-based learning (CBL) is a long established pedagogical method, which is defined in a number of ways depending on the discipline and type of 'case' employed. In health professional education, learning activities are commonly based on patient cases. Basic, social and clinical sciences are studied in relation to the case, are integrated with clinical presentations and conditions (including health and ill-health) and student learning is, therefore, associated with real-life situations.