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Strategic organisational skills predict surgical training success

James, Osian Penri, Robinson, David Bryan Thomas, Hopkins, Luke, Bowman, Chris, Powell, Arfon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-8275, Brown, Chris, Hemington-Gorse, Sarah, Egan, Richard John and Lewis, Wyn G. 2022. Strategic organisational skills predict surgical training success. Postgraduate Medical Journal 98 (1155) , pp. 29-34. 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138763

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Abstract

Introduction Surgical career progression is determined by examination success and Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) outcome, yet data on organisational skills are sparse. This study aimed to determine whether organisational skills related to Core Surgical Training (CST) outcome. Primary outcome measures include operative experience, publications, examination success (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons or the Diploma in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (MRCS/DO-HNS)) and ARCP outcome. Methods The study was conducted prospectively at three consecutive CST induction boot camps (2017–2019) providing clinical and simulation training for 125 trainees. Arrival time at course registration was the selected surrogate for organisational skills. Trainees were advised to arrive promptly at 8:45 for registration and that the course would start at 9:00. Trainee arrival times were grouped as follows: early (before 8:45), on time (8:45–8:59am) or late (after 9:00). Arrival times were compared with primary outcome measures. Setting Health Education and Improvement Wales’ School of Surgery, UK. Results Median arrival time was 8:53 (range 7:55–10:03), with 29 trainees (23.2%) arriving early, 63 (50.4%) on-time and 33 (26.4%) late. Arrival time was associated with operative experience (early vs late; 206 vs 164 cases, p=0.012), publication (63.2% vs 18.5%, p=0.005), MRCS/DO-HNS success (44.8% vs 15.2%, p=0.029), ARCP outcome (86.2% vs 60.6% Outcome 1, p=0.053), but not National Training Number success (60.0% vs 53.3%, p=0.772). Conclusions Better-prepared trainees achieved 25% more operative experience, were four-fold more likely to publish and pass MRCS, which aligned with consistent desirable ARCP outcome. Timely arrival at training events represents a skills-composite of travel planning and is a useful marker of strategic organisational skills.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 0032-5473
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 5 March 2021
Date of Acceptance: 30 September 2020
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2022 10:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/139332

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