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[Four years experience with the AEC residents E-Book].
Xavier Serra Aracil1, Salvador Navarro Soto, Oscar Aparicio Rodríguez
1Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, España. jserraa@tauli.cat
Cirugia Espanola
|July 10, 2009
Summary
The Spanish Association of Surgeons resident's electronic book (AEC-E-Book) allows continuous assessment of surgical residents' healthcare, scientific, and surgical activities, ensuring training program compliance.
Area of Science:
- Surgical Education
- Medical Informatics
- Resident Assessment
Context:
- The Spanish Association of Surgeons introduced an electronic book (AEC-E-Book) for resident training.
- Assessing resident performance is crucial for surgical education quality.
Purpose:
- To determine the mean healthcare, scientific, and surgical activities of residents.
- To evaluate resident performance against established benchmarks using the AEC-E-Book.
Summary:
- Eight residents utilized the AEC-E-Book, assisting in a mean of 1514 operations (922 as surgeon).
- Residents performed 72 of 185 laparoscopic interventions, with 94% of their 864 procedures being Level 1-3 complexity.
- Mean monthly on-call duties were 5.75, alongside 21 courses/congresses, 24 presentations/posters, and 6 publications.
Impact:
- The AEC-E-Book provides a reliable method for continuous resident activity assessment.
- This system ensures residents meet defined minimum surgical activity requirements during training.
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