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  • Surgical Training
  • Perioperative Nursing

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  • Medical students often face intimidation and negative experiences during operating room (OR) rotations.
  • Understanding the perceptions of OR staff is crucial for improving surgical education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the perceived role of medical students in the OR from the perspective of registered nurses and certified surgical technologists.
  • To identify areas for improvement in medical student education within the OR setting.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional anonymous survey was administered to perioperative staff at Massachusetts General Hospital in March 2021.
  • Data analysis involved inductive thematic analysis, descriptive statistics, and Mann-Whitney U tests.
  • The survey assessed perceptions of medical student preparedness and gathered free-text feedback on their role and educational opportunities.

Main Results:

  • A 24.4% response rate (86 completed surveys) was achieved from registered nurses and certified surgical technologists.
  • 71.23% of respondents believe medical students should primarily be observational learners.
  • Identified areas for improvement include OR etiquette (37.5%), surgical field awareness (26.79%), and scrubbing skills (26.79%).

Conclusions:

  • Operating room staff generally enjoy working with medical students, viewing their role as observational.
  • Enhancing medical student education requires addressing etiquette, surgical awareness, and practical skills like scrubbing and gowning.
  • Involving nursing staff as stakeholders in surgical clerkships can optimize the medical student OR experience.