CCrISP course-Care of critically Ill surgical patient: A critical educational evaluation of the curriculum

Abstract

Surgical education has been evolving rapidly recently. Changing from teacher-based lectures to more innovative teaching methodologies, surgical education has progressed a lot. In general, education science has been introducing various ways of transmitting knowledge as well as different assessment methods which are all under discussion and revision. Surgery is however a sector that requires a lot more that transmitting the theoretical knowledge as practical skills teaching is extremely important [1]. Until recently, surgical education was using very specifi c educational methods such as the halstedian technique which has been questioned as a model and is not in broad use anymore [2]. In addition, many have argued that the traditional technique of “see one, do one, teach one” should not be used anymore because of the increasing complexity of surgical procedures [3,4]. Consequently, it is evident that surgical education requires discussion revision and redesign to refl ect progression in science of education as well as new surgical needs [5].