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Brittany Bankhead-Kendall1, Carlos Vr Brown1, Ruth Gerola2
1Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas at Austin, 1500 Red River St, Austin, TX, 78701, USA.
Background:
General surgery residents log operative case experience as "first assist" (FA) or "primary surgeon" (PS). This study will evaluate their quantitative and qualitative case log practices.
Methods:
Modified Delphi technique was used to create a questionnaire and distributed online to institutions via the APDS. Descriptive analyses and example operative scenarios for resident case logging habits were ascertained.
Results:
There were 363 residents from university (60%) and non-university (40%) programs; 94% did not know the definition of primary surgeon. Over 50% stated they had been encouraged to log a case as surgeon that they did not feel was warranted. Only 4% felt the current logging system is "very accurate." Given an operative scenario, residents varied how they chose to log the case.
Conclusion:
General surgery residents do not know the current definition of PS. Case logging should be an objective measure of resident operative exposure, but may actually be more complex than previously recognized.
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