R Phitayakorn1, A Salles2, J L Falcone3, A R Jensen4, S Steinemann5, L Torbeck6. 1. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: rphitayakorn@mgh.harvard.edu. 2. Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. 3. One Health Surgical Specialists, One Health, Owensboro, KY, USA; University of Louisville, Department of Surgery, Louisville, KY, USA. 4. Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 5. Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA. 6. Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are currently no courses that focus specifically on surgical education research. A needs assessment of surgical educators is required to best design these courses. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study on all faculty members of the Association for Surgical Education was done to determine their education research needs. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 15% and the majority of the 78 respondents were physicians (63%) in their mid- to late career stage (65%). Participants thought research topics should be taught at an advanced level in a workshop format. Senior educators were less interested than junior educators in learning to create conceptual frameworks (p = 0.038) and presenting their research at national meetings (p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS: Surgical educators desire more training in education research techniques that are taught in a workshop format at a national surgical education meeting. These workshops may lay the groundwork for a nationally recognized certificate in surgical education research.
BACKGROUND: There are currently no courses that focus specifically on surgical education research. A needs assessment of surgical educators is required to best design these courses. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study on all faculty members of the Association for Surgical Education was done to determine their education research needs. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 15% and the majority of the 78 respondents were physicians (63%) in their mid- to late career stage (65%). Participants thought research topics should be taught at an advanced level in a workshop format. Senior educators were less interested than junior educators in learning to create conceptual frameworks (p = 0.038) and presenting their research at national meetings (p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS: Surgical educators desire more training in education research techniques that are taught in a workshop format at a national surgical education meeting. These workshops may lay the groundwork for a nationally recognized certificate in surgical education research.