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Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Upon graduation from medical school, doctors in Nigeria undergo a compulsory internship program which includes rotation through four core specialties: Internal medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Surgery. Interns are expected to acquire basic surgical skills during thei...

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Autores principales: Imediegwu, Kelechi Uzodinma, Uwaezuoke, Angelica Chinecherem, Onyebuchukwu, Chiamaka Q., Dimson, Chinonso J., Abor, Jude C., Ngwu, Amarachi, Orerome, Owhiri, Anyaehie, Udo E.
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36590772
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jwas.jwas_207_22
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author Imediegwu, Kelechi Uzodinma
Uwaezuoke, Angelica Chinecherem
Onyebuchukwu, Chiamaka Q.
Dimson, Chinonso J.
Abor, Jude C.
Ngwu, Amarachi
Orerome, Owhiri
Anyaehie, Udo E.
author_facet Imediegwu, Kelechi Uzodinma
Uwaezuoke, Angelica Chinecherem
Onyebuchukwu, Chiamaka Q.
Dimson, Chinonso J.
Abor, Jude C.
Ngwu, Amarachi
Orerome, Owhiri
Anyaehie, Udo E.
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description BACKGROUND: Upon graduation from medical school, doctors in Nigeria undergo a compulsory internship program which includes rotation through four core specialties: Internal medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Surgery. Interns are expected to acquire basic surgical skills during their rotation in surgery. OBJECTIVES: To identify the factors that affect the acquisition of basic surgical skills by surgery interns (house officers) during their one-year internship program in teaching hospitals in Southeast Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 73 surgery interns were sampled using a descriptive cross-sectional, epidemiological survey that employed self-administered Google forms. The semi-structured questionnaire was electronically distributed to interns currently in surgery rotations in their internship program in South-east, Nigeria. The data was analyzed using IBM’s Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 and presented in tables and charts. Consent was obtained from all respondents and measures were put in place to limit different forms of bias. RESULTS: The most important factors that negatively affected the acquisition of surgical skills by interns were fatigue from overwork (55.4%), poor mentorship (47.3%) and inadequate skill training courses (44.6%). There were no statistically significant correlations amongst the factors that affected the acquisition of basic surgical skills by house officers. CONCLUSION: Some of the major limitations to acquisition of surgical skills by house officers that have undergone the surgery rotation were identified to be the workload, poor mentorship and inadequate structured skill training courses. RECOMMENDATION: Provision of better work conditions to limit work fatigue and improve learning. The training of house officers undergoing their surgery rotation should be supplemented by periodic assessment and mentorship programs by senior doctor to improve the acquisition of basic surgical skills by house officers.
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spelling pubmed-98025962022-12-31 Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria Imediegwu, Kelechi Uzodinma Uwaezuoke, Angelica Chinecherem Onyebuchukwu, Chiamaka Q. Dimson, Chinonso J. Abor, Jude C. Ngwu, Amarachi Orerome, Owhiri Anyaehie, Udo E. J West Afr Coll Surg Original Article BACKGROUND: Upon graduation from medical school, doctors in Nigeria undergo a compulsory internship program which includes rotation through four core specialties: Internal medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Surgery. Interns are expected to acquire basic surgical skills during their rotation in surgery. OBJECTIVES: To identify the factors that affect the acquisition of basic surgical skills by surgery interns (house officers) during their one-year internship program in teaching hospitals in Southeast Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 73 surgery interns were sampled using a descriptive cross-sectional, epidemiological survey that employed self-administered Google forms. The semi-structured questionnaire was electronically distributed to interns currently in surgery rotations in their internship program in South-east, Nigeria. The data was analyzed using IBM’s Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 and presented in tables and charts. Consent was obtained from all respondents and measures were put in place to limit different forms of bias. RESULTS: The most important factors that negatively affected the acquisition of surgical skills by interns were fatigue from overwork (55.4%), poor mentorship (47.3%) and inadequate skill training courses (44.6%). There were no statistically significant correlations amongst the factors that affected the acquisition of basic surgical skills by house officers. CONCLUSION: Some of the major limitations to acquisition of surgical skills by house officers that have undergone the surgery rotation were identified to be the workload, poor mentorship and inadequate structured skill training courses. RECOMMENDATION: Provision of better work conditions to limit work fatigue and improve learning. The training of house officers undergoing their surgery rotation should be supplemented by periodic assessment and mentorship programs by senior doctor to improve the acquisition of basic surgical skills by house officers. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9802596/ /pubmed/36590772 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jwas.jwas_207_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of the West African College of Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Imediegwu, Kelechi Uzodinma
Uwaezuoke, Angelica Chinecherem
Onyebuchukwu, Chiamaka Q.
Dimson, Chinonso J.
Abor, Jude C.
Ngwu, Amarachi
Orerome, Owhiri
Anyaehie, Udo E.
Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title_full Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title_fullStr Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title_short Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Basic Surgical Skills among Surgery Interns in Teaching Hospitals in Southeast, Nigeria
title_sort factors affecting the acquisition of basic surgical skills among surgery interns in teaching hospitals in southeast, nigeria
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36590772
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jwas.jwas_207_22
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