Predicting the future caretakers of traumatic vascular injury management via operative exposure among surgical trainees.

Background: The management of vascular trauma requires specialized training and expertise. Although traumatic vascular injury is treated currently by both vascular and trauma surgeons in modern practice, it remains unclear who will inherit the role of managing vascular trauma in the coming decades. In this study, we examined disparities in operative experience in vascular trauma among surgical trainees across different surgical specialties.

Educational Value of Surgical Residents Operating as Teaching Assistant.

Objective: To assess the educational of value of teaching assistant (TA) cases from the perspectives of attending, chief resident, and junior resident. We hypothesized the greatest educational value of TA cases would be for chief residents more so than other team members.

Design: A prospective survey was designed and collected for TA cases separately from attendings, chief residents, and junior residents to assess operative details and educational value.