Impact of Hands-on Cadaveric Dissection Courses on the Improvement of Surgical Skills of Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeons: A Survey of the Consultants and Postgraduate Trainees.

Abstract

A cross-sectional observational study was carried out at the Department of ENT-HNS, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from April 2023 to May 2024, to determine the impact of hands-on cadaveric dissection courses on the improvement of surgical skills of Ear, Nose, and Throat trainees. Three courses were conducted with a gap of six months each. Participants were given a feedback form at the end of the workshop. Out of 312 participants, 298 (95.5%), 301 (96.4%), 278 (89.1%), and 283 (90.7%) agreed that it helped in learning anatomy, understanding the steps of surgeries, and increasing their confidence, respectively, and they would attend future courses. Eighty-three (26.6%) were not satisfied with the course fees. A total of 305 (97.8%) participants and almost all 55 HODs (96.5%) recommended that these workshops should be made an integral part of postgraduate training. Thus, it is recommended that hands-on cadaveric workshops should be made an integral part of postgraduate training programmes. Key Words: Workshop, Cadaver, Learning, Academic training, Anatomy.