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Skills coaches as part of the educational team: A randomized controlled trial of teaching of a basic surgical skill in the laboratory setting
Abstract
Background The aim of this study was to compare the laboratory teaching of a basic technical skill by a nonphysician skills coach and a faculty surgeon.Methods Medical students were randomized to instruction of skin suturing in the skills laboratory by a faculty surgeon or by a nonphysician skills coach. Testing of performance occurred at 3 time points. Other faculty surgeons, blinded to identities and training groups, rated performance.Results Forty-nine students participated. Baseline fourth-year student mean scores showed no significant difference between training groups. Third-year and fourth-year student performance showed no difference between training groups on postintervention testing. Delayed testing also showed no difference in third-year student scores.Conclusions Training by either a nonsurgeon skills coach or a faculty surgeon resulted in no difference in performance on a basic surgical skill. This was true for students with and without prior experience and was also true after subsequent clinical experiences. Nonphysician coaches may ease the teaching burden of surgical faculty members while providing similar quality of instruction for trainees.
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“However, for certain basic practical skills, peer teachers [6] and non-physician educators [23] seem to serve equally well as substitute instructors.”
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- Authors
- Kim, M. J., Boehler, M. L., Ketchum, J. K., Bueno, R., Williams, R. G., & Dunnington, G. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- SIU Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kim, Michael J.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Surgery
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 199
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 94-98
- ISSN
- 0002-9610 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2077960418
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 4.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- Locations
- The American Journal of Surgery (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Surgical Simulation and Training
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Keywords
- surgical skills training, skin suturing, medical students, surgical training, faculty workload
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Competence, Curriculum, Education, Medical, Graduate, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Faculty, Medical, Female, Humans, Internship and Residency, Laboratories, Male, Mentors, Operating Room Technicians, Students, Medical, General Surgery, Task Performance and Analysis, United States
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