Table 3.
Skills Absolutely Necessary For A Medical Student To Have Learned By The End Of His/Her Surgical Rotation
| Skill | Strongly Disagree n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Neither Agree Nor Disagree n (%) |
Agree n (%) |
Strongly Agree n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic surgical anatomy | Total students (n=120) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (2.5) | 37 (30.8) | 76 (63.4) | 0.122 |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (46.3) | 22 (53.7) | ||
| Proper surgical history | Total students (n=120) | 6 (5.0) | 22 (18.3) | 29 (24.2) | 33 (27.5) | 30 (25.0) | 0.021* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 1 (2.4) | 4 (9.8) | 6 (14.6) | 10 (24.4) | 20 (48.8) | ||
| Identify surgical problems | Total students (n=120) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 40 (33.3) | 79 (65.9) | 0.446 |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 21 (51.2) | 19 (46.3) | ||
| Ability to present patients | Total students (n=120) | 3 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (8.3) | 46 (38.4) | 61 (50.8) | 0.018* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (48.8) | 21 (51.2) | ||
| Identify surgical complications | Total students (n=120) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.7) | 56 (46.7) | 61 (50.8) | 0.026* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 4 (9.8) | 24 (58.5) | 12 (29.3) | ||
| Work within a hierarchy | Total students (n=120) | 14 (11.7) | 20 (16.7) | 40 (33.3) | 32 (26.6) | 14 (11.7) | 0.937 |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 2 (4.9) | 10 (24.4) | 13 (31.7) | 14 (34.1) | 2 (4.9) | ||
| Sterile technique | Total students (n=120) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.5) | 30 (25.0) | 86 (71.7) | 0.002* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 7 (17.1) | 14 (34.1) | 19 (46.3) | ||
| Ability to suture | Total students (n=120) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 39 (32.5) | 78 (65.0) | 0.001* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (7.3) | 5 (12.2) | 19 (46.3) | 14 (34.2) | ||
| Assist in theater | Total students (n=120) | 5 (4.2) | 5 (4.2) | 15 (12.5) | 59 (49.1) | 36 (30.0) | < 0.001* |
| Total faculty (n=41) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (14.6) | 17 (41.5) | 16 (39.0) | 2 (4.9) |
Notes: *P≤0.05 by Pearson Chi-square or Fisher exact tests as appropriate.