Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training

Background: Reduction in working hours, streamlined training schemes and increasing use of endovascular techniques has meant a reduction in operative experience for newer vascular surgical trainees, especially those exposures which are not routinely performed such as thoraco abdominal, thoracotomy a...

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Main Authors: Jansen, Shirley, Cowie, M., Linehan, J., Hamdorf, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38514
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author Jansen, Shirley
Cowie, M.
Linehan, J.
Hamdorf, J.
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Cowie, M.
Linehan, J.
Hamdorf, J.
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description Background: Reduction in working hours, streamlined training schemes and increasing use of endovascular techniques has meant a reduction in operative experience for newer vascular surgical trainees, especially those exposures which are not routinely performed such as thoraco abdominal, thoracotomy and retroperitoneal aortic, for example. Methods: This paper describes an Advanced Anatomy of Exposure course which was designed and convened at the Clinical Training & Evaluation Centre in Western Australia and uses fresh frozen cadavers. Feedback was obtained from the participants who attended over three courses by questionnaire. Results: Feedback was strongly positive for the course meeting both its learning outcomes and personal learning objectives, and in addition, making a significant contribution to specialty skills. Most participants thought the fresh frozen cadaveric model significantly improved the learning objectives for training. Conclusions: The fresh frozen cadaver is an excellent teaching model highly representative of the living open surgical scenario where advanced trainees and newly qualified consultants can improve their operative confidence and consequently patient safety in vascular surgery. An efficient fresh frozen cadaver teaching programme can benefit many health professionals simultaneously maximizing the use of donated human tissue.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-385142017-09-13T14:17:43Z Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training Jansen, Shirley Cowie, M. Linehan, J. Hamdorf, J. teaching anatomy cadaver vascular surgery Background: Reduction in working hours, streamlined training schemes and increasing use of endovascular techniques has meant a reduction in operative experience for newer vascular surgical trainees, especially those exposures which are not routinely performed such as thoraco abdominal, thoracotomy and retroperitoneal aortic, for example. Methods: This paper describes an Advanced Anatomy of Exposure course which was designed and convened at the Clinical Training & Evaluation Centre in Western Australia and uses fresh frozen cadavers. Feedback was obtained from the participants who attended over three courses by questionnaire. Results: Feedback was strongly positive for the course meeting both its learning outcomes and personal learning objectives, and in addition, making a significant contribution to specialty skills. Most participants thought the fresh frozen cadaveric model significantly improved the learning objectives for training. Conclusions: The fresh frozen cadaver is an excellent teaching model highly representative of the living open surgical scenario where advanced trainees and newly qualified consultants can improve their operative confidence and consequently patient safety in vascular surgery. An efficient fresh frozen cadaver teaching programme can benefit many health professionals simultaneously maximizing the use of donated human tissue. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38514 10.1111/ans.12361 John Wiley & Sons restricted
spellingShingle teaching
anatomy
cadaver
vascular surgery
Jansen, Shirley
Cowie, M.
Linehan, J.
Hamdorf, J.
Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title_full Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title_fullStr Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title_full_unstemmed Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title_short Fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
title_sort fresh frozen cadaver workshops for advanced vascular surgical training
topic teaching
anatomy
cadaver
vascular surgery
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38514