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The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme
BACKGROUND: Induction programme for trainee doctors in the UK generally do not focus on the surgical aspects of their jobs. In this context we decided to conduct a telephonic survey among the hospitals belonging to three orthopaedic training regions in the UK from the point of view of the diversity...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18957128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-104 |
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author | Kumar, AJ Shyam Oakley, J Wong, Shaun KS Philips, Steve J |
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description | BACKGROUND: Induction programme for trainee doctors in the UK generally do not focus on the surgical aspects of their jobs. In this context we decided to conduct a telephonic survey among the hospitals belonging to three orthopaedic training regions in the UK from the point of view of the diversity of instrumentations and implants used for index procedures. RESULTS: We chose four index trauma & orthopaedic procedures (Total hip replacement, total knee replacement, intramedullary nailing and external fixator systems for long bone fractures). A telephonic survey was done in six NHS trust hospitals which were part of an orthopaedic training rotation (2 from England, 2 from Wales and 2 from Scotland). In total there were 39 different instrumentation systems for these 4 index procedures in the 6 trusts (see table 1). These comprise 12 Total hip replacement (THR) systems, 14 total knee replacement (TKR) systems, 9 intra-medullary nailing systems, and 4 external fixator systems. The number of different systems for each trust ranged from 7 to 19. There is a vast array of implants and instrumentation systems in each trust, as highlighted by our survey. The surgical tools are not the same in each hospitals. This situation is more complicated when trainees move to new hospitals as part of training rotations. CONCLUSION: In view of this we feel that more focused theatre based induction programmes for higher surgical trainees is advocated in each hospital trust so trainees can familiarise themselves with the tools available to them. This could include discussion with the consultants and senior theatre staff along with representatives from the companies supplying the implants and instrumentation systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-25841062008-11-18 The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme Kumar, AJ Shyam Oakley, J Wong, Shaun KS Philips, Steve J BMC Res Notes Short Report BACKGROUND: Induction programme for trainee doctors in the UK generally do not focus on the surgical aspects of their jobs. In this context we decided to conduct a telephonic survey among the hospitals belonging to three orthopaedic training regions in the UK from the point of view of the diversity of instrumentations and implants used for index procedures. RESULTS: We chose four index trauma & orthopaedic procedures (Total hip replacement, total knee replacement, intramedullary nailing and external fixator systems for long bone fractures). A telephonic survey was done in six NHS trust hospitals which were part of an orthopaedic training rotation (2 from England, 2 from Wales and 2 from Scotland). In total there were 39 different instrumentation systems for these 4 index procedures in the 6 trusts (see table 1). These comprise 12 Total hip replacement (THR) systems, 14 total knee replacement (TKR) systems, 9 intra-medullary nailing systems, and 4 external fixator systems. The number of different systems for each trust ranged from 7 to 19. There is a vast array of implants and instrumentation systems in each trust, as highlighted by our survey. The surgical tools are not the same in each hospitals. This situation is more complicated when trainees move to new hospitals as part of training rotations. CONCLUSION: In view of this we feel that more focused theatre based induction programmes for higher surgical trainees is advocated in each hospital trust so trainees can familiarise themselves with the tools available to them. This could include discussion with the consultants and senior theatre staff along with representatives from the companies supplying the implants and instrumentation systems. BioMed Central 2008-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2584106/ /pubmed/18957128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-104 Text en Copyright © 2008 Kumar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Kumar, AJ Shyam Oakley, J Wong, Shaun KS Philips, Steve J The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title | The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title_full | The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title_fullStr | The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title_full_unstemmed | The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title_short | The surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
title_sort | surgeon and his tools-the case for a focused orthopaedic theatre induction programme |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18957128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-104 |
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