Creation, Implementation, and Assessment of a General Thoracic Surgery Simulation Course in Rwanda
Ramirez A, Nuradin N, Byiringiro F, Ssebuufu R, Stukenborg G, Ntakiyiruta G, Daniel T. Creation, Implementation, and Assessment of a General Thoracic Surgery Simulation Course in Rwanda. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1842-1849. PMID: 29476717, PMCID: PMC5964001, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral surgery residentsThoracic proceduresSurgery residentsLow-middle income country settingFellowship training opportunitiesSimulation courseDiaphragm repairLow-middle income countriesIncome country settingsStatistically significant improvementUnivariate analysisResident knowledge baseSecondary objectivesSimulated surgeryLocal facultyIncome countriesCountry settingsKnowledge assessmentTraining levelTraining opportunitiesResident feedbackParticipants' responsesLikert scaleEnhance confidenceSignificant improvement