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STARSurg conference presentation on the educational impact of student engagement.
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Student Audit and Research in Surgery
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STARSurgUK: A novel tool for improvingmedical student perceptions of surgical
academia through participation in acollaborative, multi-centre, national cohort
study
Research Collaboratives
• Background• Benefits
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Paper background
• Tomorrows Doctors• Barriers• STARSurg • This parallel study aimed to evaluate the
educational impact of participation
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STARSurg 2013
• “Investigating the safety profile of post-operative NSAIDS following bowel resection”
• 273 student collaborators
• 32/33 medical schools represented
• Data delivered from 109 hospitals
Cohort
• Gender• Age• Medical school year• Previous degree• Previous collaborative research• Current career aspirations• Previous academic output
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Method (I)
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• Participation was supplemented with
- Training day- E-learning module- Discussion forums- YouTube videos
Method (II) - Questionnaire
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• The primary outcome measure was relative change in self perceived confidence in key academic domains following involvement in STARsurg
• 97 paired pre-post responses (36%) were received
Results (I) – Sample size and confidence
• Post hoc two-tail test• 97 paired responses• 6.6% margin of error at a 90% confidence
interval
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Results (II) – Participation in training
• YouTube• Twitter• Meeting
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Results (III) - Confidence in Core Academic Competences
• increased confidence in: – Appropriate data collection in a clinical setting
(p<0.001) – Presentation of scientific results (p<0.013) – Communication with local research governance
bodies (p<0.001) – Approaching clinical staff for local collaboration
(p<0.001)
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Results (IV) - Attitudes to research and audit
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• Collaborators described an increased appreciation of research, audit and study design (p=0.001)
• Collaborative networks
• Collaborators’ perceptions of academic careers remained unchanged (p=0.116)
Conclusions• This collaborative study empowered students to
engage in surgical academia• Collaborators reported increased appreciation and
confidence in relation to essential generic academic principles and skills
• Encouraging active participation in collaborative, student-led studies offers a novel approach for delivering essential academic training
• The educational benefit warrants further attention
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