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Evaluation of a fellowship abroad as part of the initial training of the French military surgeon
- Source :
- BMJ Military Health. 167:168-171
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2020.
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Abstract
- IntroductionMilitary surgery requires skills that in general cannot be easily learnt in civilian training. Participation in a fellowship abroad adapted to the particular operating conditions of the foreign deployment is one route that might secure the necessary supplementary training. We therefore assessed the relevance of such a fellowship in the preparedness of young military surgeons in their first deployment.MethodsThis study included all active military surgeons who had completed a fellowship abroad during their initial training from 2004 to 2017 in Tchad or Senegal or Djibouti. The collection of data was performed using a questionnaire. The main judgement criterion was the rate of positive answers awarded to the relevance of this fellowship in the preparedness of respondents’ first foreign deployment.ResultsSixty-nine of 73 surgeons answered. Sixty-one estimated the fellowship had allowed them to feel more operational during their first mission, with 83.61% rating this feeling as important. Also, 61 recommended the use of a fellowship for war surgery training. The grade assigned to the surgical benefit was 8.48/10.ConclusionA fellowship abroad permits one to become familiar with surgical practice under austere circumstances and the particularities of the surgical structures at the front. Current trainees’ feedback confirms its relevance.
- Subjects :
- Surgeons
Medical education
Active military
Military surgery
Teaching
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Judgement
General Medicine
Military Personnel
Initial training
Feeling
Software deployment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Preparedness
Humans
Relevance (law)
Education, Medical, Continuing
France
Fellowships and Scholarships
Psychology
Retrospective Studies
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Details
- ISSN :
- 26333775 and 26333767
- Volume :
- 167
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Military Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....392b15631ebd9071a909131389504a6c