TY - JOUR
T1 - Are we meeting ACGME core competencies? A systematic review of literature on international surgical rotations
AU - Kang, Danby
AU - Siddiqui, Selma
AU - Weiss, Hannah
AU - Sifri, Ziad
AU - Krishnaswami, Sanjay
AU - Nwomeh, Benedict
AU - Price, Raymond
AU - Tarpley, John
AU - Finlayson, Samuel
AU - Swaroop, Mamta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Background: In response to the growing interest in global surgery among trainees, international surgical rotation (ISR) was approved as a formal elective of resident curriculum. To define ISR's role, we aim to identify the six core competencies of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in individual institution's experience. Data sources: This is a systematic literature review studying general surgery resident experience in ISR as it pertains to the ACGME core competencies. Articles were searched using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Each abstract and article was reviewed, selected, and tabulated. Conclusion: Fourteen articles were selected for the review after inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. We found that ISR provided a valuable educational experience for US surgical residents by meeting the ACGME core competencies in a different environment. ISR is an important addition to the general surgery curriculum. Future direction should focus on bidirectional ISR and educational consortium development.
AB - Background: In response to the growing interest in global surgery among trainees, international surgical rotation (ISR) was approved as a formal elective of resident curriculum. To define ISR's role, we aim to identify the six core competencies of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in individual institution's experience. Data sources: This is a systematic literature review studying general surgery resident experience in ISR as it pertains to the ACGME core competencies. Articles were searched using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Each abstract and article was reviewed, selected, and tabulated. Conclusion: Fourteen articles were selected for the review after inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. We found that ISR provided a valuable educational experience for US surgical residents by meeting the ACGME core competencies in a different environment. ISR is an important addition to the general surgery curriculum. Future direction should focus on bidirectional ISR and educational consortium development.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.07.048
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.07.048
M3 - Article
C2 - 30093091
AN - SCOPUS:85054772956
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 216
SP - 782
EP - 786
JO - American journal of surgery
JF - American journal of surgery
IS - 4
ER -