TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of an educational time-out in thyroid and parathyroid surgery to move the needle in periprocedural education
AU - Lillemoe, Heather A.
AU - Hanna, David N.
AU - Baregamian, Naira
AU - Solórzano, Carmen C.
AU - Terhune, Kyla P.
AU - Geevarghese, Sunil K.
AU - Kiernan, Colleen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Background: As surgical training shifts toward a competency-based paradigm, deliberate practice for procedures must be a point of focus. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of an educational time-out intervention on educational experience and operative performance in endocrine surgery. Methods: For 12 months, third-year general surgery residents used the educational time-out to establish an operative step of focus for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy procedures. Data were collected using the System for Improving and Measuring Procedural Learning application and post-rotation surveys. The Zwisch scale was used to classify supervision, with meaningful autonomy defined as passive help or supervision only. Results: Eight residents and 3 attending surgeons performed the educational time-out for a total of 211 operations (93% completion rate). At the end of each rotation, there was improvement in the frequency of goal setting. There was strong agreement (90%) that the intervention strengthened the educational experience. For most cases (52%), the residents were rated at active help. Residents performed a median of 3/6 thyroidectomy steps at meaningful autonomy and a median of 2/5 parathyroidectomy steps at meaningful autonomy. Review of the qualitative data revealed that optimal feedback was provided in 46% of cases. Conclusion: The educational time-out strengthened educational experiences. Stepwise procedural data revealed the varying levels of supervision that exist within an operation. Broader implementation of this intervention could facilitate competency-based procedural education.
AB - Background: As surgical training shifts toward a competency-based paradigm, deliberate practice for procedures must be a point of focus. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of an educational time-out intervention on educational experience and operative performance in endocrine surgery. Methods: For 12 months, third-year general surgery residents used the educational time-out to establish an operative step of focus for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy procedures. Data were collected using the System for Improving and Measuring Procedural Learning application and post-rotation surveys. The Zwisch scale was used to classify supervision, with meaningful autonomy defined as passive help or supervision only. Results: Eight residents and 3 attending surgeons performed the educational time-out for a total of 211 operations (93% completion rate). At the end of each rotation, there was improvement in the frequency of goal setting. There was strong agreement (90%) that the intervention strengthened the educational experience. For most cases (52%), the residents were rated at active help. Residents performed a median of 3/6 thyroidectomy steps at meaningful autonomy and a median of 2/5 parathyroidectomy steps at meaningful autonomy. Review of the qualitative data revealed that optimal feedback was provided in 46% of cases. Conclusion: The educational time-out strengthened educational experiences. Stepwise procedural data revealed the varying levels of supervision that exist within an operation. Broader implementation of this intervention could facilitate competency-based procedural education.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surg.2022.07.027
DO - 10.1016/j.surg.2022.07.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 36216620
AN - SCOPUS:85139710945
SN - 0039-6060
VL - 173
SP - 84
EP - 92
JO - Surgery (United States)
JF - Surgery (United States)
IS - 1
ER -