Al Omran Yasser, Chandrakumar Charmilie, Jawad Ali, Ahmed Shafi, Ghanem Ali M
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
Clin Teach. 2017 Feb;14(1):32-36. doi: 10.1111/tct.12480. Epub 2016 Jan 8.
Recent reports have shown that in the UK there has been a decrease in interest towards pursuing a surgical career, whereas early exposure to surgery may increase interest. We aimed to assess the effect of a 1-day medical school surgical conference in encouraging attendees to pursue a surgical career.
All attendees of the 2014 Barts and The London National Undergraduate Surgical conference were invited to participate in an online survey. Data were collected and analysed to evaluate students' reasons for attending the conference, and attitudes to careers in surgery before and after the conference.
Of 229 students, 130 (56.8%) completed the survey. Year-12 high-school and preclinical medical students showed a statistically significant difference in interest in pursuing a surgical career after the conference than before it (p = 0.0002 and p = 0.0027, respectively), but clinical medical students demonstrated no such change.
Attendance at surgical conferences designed for medical students can significantly increase the desire of high-school students and preclinical medical students to pursue a surgical career, but may not have the same effect for clinical medical students. Surgical conferences may act as an effective means of recruiting students towards choosing a surgical career for a certain subset of students.
最近的报告显示，在英国，人们对外科职业的兴趣有所下降，而早期接触外科手术可能会增加兴趣。我们旨在评估为期一天的医学院外科会议在鼓励参会者从事外科职业方面的效果。
邀请了2014年巴茨和伦敦国立本科外科会议的所有参会者参与一项在线调查。收集并分析数据，以评估学生参加会议的原因，以及会议前后他们对外科职业的态度。
在229名学生中，130名（56.8%）完成了调查。12年级高中生和临床前医学生在会议后对外科职业的兴趣与会议前相比有统计学显著差异（分别为p = 0.0002和p = 0.0027），但临床医学生没有这种变化。
参加为医学生设计的外科会议可显著增加高中生和临床前医学生从事外科职业的意愿，但对临床医学生可能没有同样的效果。外科会议可能是吸引特定学生群体选择外科职业的有效手段。
