Basic Surgical Skills
General Surgery · Topic 14
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume III · General Surgery · Topic 14 · combined PDF page 406
Practice questions
- According to a review of basic surgical skills, which consideration should be made before the first incision?
- Which set contains only core basic surgical skills specifically identified in the review by Oram?
- A systematic review and meta-analysis compared online video-based education with conventional teaching for basic surgical skills. Which conclusion best reflects its pooled result?
- The meta-analysis of video-based versus conventional basic-skills education reported an SMD of −0.02 (95% CI −0.34 to 0.30; p=0.90). Which interpretation is most appropriate?
- In the randomized trial of near-peer teaching for basic surgical skills, what defined a near-peer tutor?
- In a randomized basic-skills course, which area showed the clearest advantage associated with near-peer tutor assistance?
- After a 20-session basic surgical skills course, the near-peer-assisted groups showed a significantly greater improvement in which outcome compared with groups without a near-peer tutor?
- A simulation center is unable to recruit enough faculty for basic suturing and knot-tying sessions. Which conclusion is best supported by a randomized trial comparing faculty with senior-resident instructors?
- In the randomized comparison of faculty- versus senior-resident-led teaching for interns, which specific outcome favored faculty instruction?
- In a randomized study of junior residents, what was the main comparison used to examine the value of expert instruction during basic surgical skills training?
- Two days after faculty-directed or self-directed basic-skills training, junior residents were assessed on skin closure and bowel anastomosis. Which pattern best summarizes the objective findings?
- In the faculty-directed versus self-directed training study, which finding was an exception to the otherwise limited objective evidence of benefit from faculty direction?
- In the study comparing faculty-directed with self-directed training, how did residents perceive faculty-directed training despite limited objective differences?
- A randomized study of second-year medical students compared additional mental-imagery training with additional textbook study. What did both groups have in common?
- Which additional learning method was associated with better performance on the live-surgery assessment than additional textbook study in a randomized student trial?
- Which conclusion about mental imagery is most consistent with the randomized study in medical students?
- A randomized trial comparing telestration with traditional on-site mentoring taught novice students five types of sutures. Which set matches the techniques included?
- In a randomized trial of telestration versus traditional on-site teaching, what was the result for learners' independent performance time?
- The telestration trial found faster independent performance in one group. Which other measured outcomes did not differ significantly between the telestration and traditional groups?
- A medical school is considering online video-based teaching as an alternative delivery method for basic surgical skills. Which statement is best supported by the systematic review?
- A randomized laparoscopic training study compared conventional instruments with a new multi-degree-of-freedom instrument across five basic training modules. Which module was included?
- In the randomized laparoscopic training study, which statement best describes the new multi-degree-of-freedom instrument group's completion times after training?
- In which laparoscopic training modules did the new-instrument group reach proficiency in fewer class hours than the conventional-instrument group?
- A trainee's completion time improves after a basic laparoscopic skills course, but the study shows that both the conventional- and new-instrument groups improved. What is the most appropriate interpretation?
- Which statement about knot tying and suturing best reflects the basic-skills review's emphasis on operative technique?
- Which teaching approach was common to both groups in the randomized trial of faculty versus senior-resident instruction for interns?
- A basic surgical skills course includes video demonstrations. Based on the systematic review, which addition is most consistent with the authors' recommendation?
- A course director wants to evaluate whether basic-skills teaching improves task performance. Which assessment approach appeared in the resident-instructor and faculty-mentoring studies?
- In the telestration trial, what happened to the time students needed to learn the procedures, as distinct from their time to perform them independently?
- Which statement most accurately reflects the broad teaching message from the supplied basic surgical skills studies?