Implementation of Faculty-Led Didactics Increased Perceived Engagement and Preparedness in a General Surgery Residency Curriculum.

Objective: Beginning academic year 2021, a curricular redesign was implemented, including a transition from resident-led to faculty-led lectures during didactics. We aimed to survey residents and faculty on their perceptions of engagement and clinical preparedness following this change.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study investigating the effects of curricular change on resident and faculty perceptions of the program.

Qualitative Insights into Resident Perceptions of Teaching Excellence and Educational Curricula.

Objective: The objective of this study was to understand the resident perspective on what makes an excellent surgical educator and to identify gaps in a single-institution-developed "Residents as Teachers" curriculum (RaTC) following the completion of the RaTC by residents at the institution.

Design: A longitudinal 8-hour RaTC was developed and administered in 1-hour sessions over 2 years. Content included interactive clinical and technical skills teaching, feedback, evaluation and assessment, and interpersonal skills.

Ergonomic differences in mesh placement and mesh fixation between laparoscopic and robotic inguinal hernia repair with mesh.

Purpose: General differences in surgeon ergonomics between laparoscopic and robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repairs (LIHR vs. RIHR) have been previously studied. However, specific differences in the ergonomics of mesh placement (MP) and mesh fixation (MF) are undetermined.

Filter Out the Noise: How to Narrow Your Search for the Perfect Match by the Collaboration of Surgical Education Fellows (CoSEF).

The residency match process can be overwhelming. We are the Collaboration of Surgical Education Fellows (CoSEF), a multi-institutional group of surgical residents. Our perspectives represent our current experiences as residents at academic programs, but all authors recently underwent the general surgery resident interview and match process, during which they interviewed at programs of all kinds.

Feedback Versus Compliments Versus Both in Suturing and Knot Tying Simulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Suturing is an expected skill for students graduating from health professions programs. Previous studies investigated student experience with teaching sessions utilizing constructive feedback versus compliments but did not investigate the combination of both.

Methods: In this parallel, randomized controlled trial, participants were divided into three groups: feedback (F), compliments (C), or feedback and compliments (FC).

Cross-Suturing is Effective for Teaching Suturing Skills: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Basic suturing is a skill expected from graduating medical students. A proposed concept to increase suturing competency is to integrate art by mixing cross-stitching with suturing. We hypothesize that students trained with "cross-suturing" would improve suturing performance.