This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Acquiring surgical skills. BJS 2000; 87: 28-37.
Published: 10th December 2002
Authors: J. M. Hamdorf, J. C. Hall
Background
Technical competence is the bedrock of surgery, yet it has only recently been viewed as a valid area for either critical evaluation or formal teaching.
Method
This review examines the teaching of surgical skills. The core is derived from a literature search of the Medline computer database.