Practical Guide to Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research in Surgical Education
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes the methods and pitfalls of experimental and quasi-experimental study designs in surgical education.
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Practical Guide to Assessment Tool Development for Surgical Education Research
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes the process of validation and gathering validity evidence for assessment tool development for surgical education research
Practical Guide to Curricular Development Research
This Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of performing curricular development research.
Practical Guide to Education Program Evaluation Research
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes common methods for building evidence of validity for a program within health professional education and provides a framework for program evaluation.
Practical Guide to Ethics in Surgical Education Research
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes ethical considerations when a study population includes learner participants.
Percutaneous Creation of Gastrointestinal Anastomosis – An Emerging Frontier
This article discusses the percutaneous delivery and deployment of lumen-apposing metallic stents for the creation of percutaneous cholecysto-enteric anastomoses for internal drainage of the gallbladder.
Bariatric Surgery and Longitudinal Cancer Risk – A Review
Importance Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, with the obesity epidemic contributing to its steady increase every year. Recent cohort studies find an association between bariatric surgery and reduced longitudinal cancer risk, but with…
National Institutes of Health Funding for Surgeon-Scientists in the US – An Update and an Expanded Landscape
Importance Current reports suggest that the surgeon-scientist phenotype is significantly threatened. However, a significant increase in the proportion of surgeons in the workforce funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2010 (0.5%) to 2020 (0.7%) was recently reported and…
Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer – What Is Totality?
This article discusses the meaning of the word total in relation to total neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer.
Anatomic Liver Resection Based on Portal Territory With Margin Priority for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
This Surgical Innovation describes the use of anatomic resection of the liver based on portal territory with margin priority for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
