Department of Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
ANZ J Surg. 2023 Nov;93(11):2580-2588. doi: 10.1111/ans.18732. Epub 2023 Oct 20.
There is concern around projected unmet need in the surgical workforce internationally. Current barriers to medical students pursuing surgical careers include lack of early exposure, low confidence in surgical skills, and perceived lifestyle barriers. This review aimed to examine both the purpose of student surgical interest groups (SIGs) globally, and their effect on metrics representing student surgical career interest. barriers.
MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched for papers analysing surgical interest group purpose and efficacy. Risk of bias was assessed for survey-based papers using a 20-point checklist. Descriptive analysis was performed based on qualitative data.
Twenty-eight papers were included in the analysis including 13 surveys. These were of moderate quality. The analysed SIGs had 100-1000 student members and a diverse range of funding sources. Purpose of SIGs was described by 26 of 28 papers with common themes including promotion of surgical career choice and developing theoretical/practical surgical skills. Common initiatives of SIGs included surgical lectures/teaching and practical skills workshops. Data from 15 papers analysing efficacy of SIGs suggested they positively influenced self-reported student interest in surgical careers (78.6%) and confidence in surgical knowledge (80%), as well as confidence in practical skills, knowledge about surgical careers/lifestyle, mentorship opportunity, and research involvement.
Student SIGs make a unique contribution to early medical student experience through positive effect on promoting surgical careers. They target relevant metrics such as surgical knowledge and confidence that are known to influence surgical career choice in the modern surgical landscape.
国际上对手术劳动力中未满足需求的担忧日益增加。目前，医学生从事外科职业的障碍包括缺乏早期接触、对手术技能缺乏信心以及认为存在生活方式障碍。本综述旨在探讨全球学生外科兴趣小组（SIG）的目的及其对代表学生外科职业兴趣的指标的影响。
在 MEDLINE、EMBASE、PubMed 和 Google Scholar 上搜索分析外科兴趣小组目的和功效的论文。使用 20 分检查表评估基于调查的论文的偏倚风险。基于定性数据进行描述性分析。
共纳入 28 篇论文进行分析，其中包括 13 项调查。这些论文的质量为中等。分析的 SIG 有 100-1000 名学生成员，资金来源多样。28 篇论文中有 26 篇描述了 SIG 的目的，常见主题包括促进外科职业选择和发展理论/实践外科技能。SIG 的常见举措包括外科讲座/教学和实践技能研讨会。15 篇分析 SIG 功效的论文的数据表明，它们积极影响了学生对外科职业的自我报告兴趣（78.6%）和对手术知识的信心（80%），以及对实践技能、外科职业/生活方式的了解、指导机会和研究参与的信心。
学生 SIG 通过对促进外科职业的积极影响，为医学生早期体验做出了独特的贡献。它们针对的是已知会影响现代外科环境中外科职业选择的相关指标，如手术知识和信心。
