Evaluating the educational environment of an international animal model-based wet lab course for undergraduate students

Michail Ch Sideris¹, Apostolos E Papalois², Thanos Athanasiou³, Ioannis Dimitropoulos⁴, Korina Theodoraki⁵, Francois Sousa Dos Santos⁶, Georgios Paparoidamis⁷, Nikolaos Staikoglou⁷, Dimitrios Pissas⁸, Peter C Whitfield⁹, Alexandros Rampotas¹⁰, Savvas Papagrigoriadis¹¹, Vassilios Papalois¹², Georgios Zografos¹³, Georgios Tsoulfas⁷

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow ST1 level, The London Deanery, Queen Mary University London (QMUL), London, UK.
² Experimental Research Centre ELPEN, Greece.
³ Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁴ Derriford Hospital, NHS, UK.
⁵ Kent, Surrey, Sussex (KSS) Deanery, UK.
⁶ Royal London Hospital, Bartshealth NHS Trust, UK.
⁷ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece.
⁸ Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁹ Peninsula Medical School, Derriford Hospital, NHS, UK.
¹⁰ The Royal London Hospital, Bart's NHS Healthcare, UK.
¹¹ King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, UK.
¹² Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London UK.
¹³ University of Athens, Department of Propaedeutic Surgical, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 27830064
PMCID: PMC5094680
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.10.004

Evaluating the educational environment of an international animal model-based wet lab course for undergraduate students

Michail Ch Sideris et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2016.

. 2016 Oct 24:12:8-17.

doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.10.004. eCollection 2016 Dec.

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Affiliations

¹ NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow ST1 level, The London Deanery, Queen Mary University London (QMUL), London, UK.
² Experimental Research Centre ELPEN, Greece.
³ Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁴ Derriford Hospital, NHS, UK.
⁵ Kent, Surrey, Sussex (KSS) Deanery, UK.
⁶ Royal London Hospital, Bartshealth NHS Trust, UK.
⁷ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece.
⁸ Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁹ Peninsula Medical School, Derriford Hospital, NHS, UK.
¹⁰ The Royal London Hospital, Bart's NHS Healthcare, UK.
¹¹ King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, UK.
¹² Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London UK.
¹³ University of Athens, Department of Propaedeutic Surgical, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 27830064
PMCID: PMC5094680
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.10.004

Abstract

Background: Essential Skills in the management of Surgical Cases - ESMSC is an International Combined Applied Surgical Science and Wet Lab course aimed at the undergraduate level. ESMSC combines interactive basic science workshops and case-based learning, with basic surgical training modules (BST) on Ex Vivo and In Vivo swine model. In Vivo Dissections include more advanced modules i.e. Abdominal Anatomy Dissections and Cardiac Transplant.

Aim: To evaluate the educational environment of a novel course, as well as to compare Medical students' perceptions across various groups.

Materials and methods: 83 Delegates from King's College London (KCL) and several Hellenic Medical Schools attended the ESMSC course. The DREEM inventory was distributed upon completion of the modules.

Results: The mean overall score for DREEM inventory was 148.05/200(99-196, SD = 17.90). Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.818, indicating good internal consistency of the data. Year 3/4 Students have a significantly positive "Perception of Learning", when compared to Year 5/6 (36.43 vs. 33.75, p = 0.017). KCL Students have a more positive view of the course compared to their Greek counterparts (155.19 vs. 145.62/200, p = 0.034). No statistical significant difference was noted when comparing male vs. female students (p > 0.05).

Conclusions: Students seem to positively rate the ESMSC educational environment. Junior as well as KCL students appear to be more enthusiastic. Further research should focus on the optimal strategy for early involvement and motivation of various students' groups in BST.

Keywords: Basic surgical skills; Educational environment; Surgical education research; Undergraduate; Wet lab.

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Demographics of Sample used.

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Comparison of the mean Scores of DREEM inventory based on Year of Studies.

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