How do family practitioners perceive surgery for the morbidly obese?

Background: Little is known about the level of knowledge and comfort with bariatric surgery among family practice physicians.

Methods: Surveys were sent to all family practitioners in Connecticut querying the practice type and knowledge of bariatric surgery. The results were analyzed for the prevalence of opinion.

Surgery resident learning styles and academic achievement.

Objective: To determine if surgical residents share a preferred learning style as measured by Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and if a relationship exists between resident learning style and achievement as measured by a standardized examination (AME). Also, core faculty learning styles were assessed to determine if faculty and residents share a preferred learning style.

Design: Kolb's LSI, Version 3, was administered to 16 surgical residents and the residency program's core faculty of 6 attending physicians.