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Research from Harvard University Provides New Insights into General Surgery

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 26th, 2012

2012 FEB 26 -- "The surgical learning curve persists for years after training, yet existing continuing medical education activities targeting this are limited. We describe a pilot study of a scalable video-based intervention, providing individualized feedback on intraoperative performance," scientists in Boston, Massachusetts report.

"Four complex operations performed by surgeons of varying experience-a chief resident accompanied by the operating senior surgeon, a surgeon with less than 10 years in practice, another with 20 to 30 years in practice, and a surgeon with more than 30 years of experience-were video recorded. Video playback formed the basis of...

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