Abstract：
BACKGROUND:A major obstacle in the wide implementation of objective clinical structured examinations (OSCEs) is their high cost, averaging $200 to $300 (Canadian dollars, CDN) per candidate and estimated at up to CDN$900 per candidate if all "hidden" administrative costs are included. METHODS:A detailed cost analysis of preparing and administering OSCEs at 1 institution was undertaken over 2 years. An 18-station, 6-minute-per-station OSCE was given to a 72-student third-year medical class. RESULTS:The total cost of the OSCE was CDN$5,010, or $70 per student. The key factors in reaching this significantly lower per-student OSCE cost included: judicious use of standardized patients, use of academic faculty for preparing and marking the stations, and decreased secretarial and other administrative costs. CONCLUSIONS:Data suggest that OSCEs can be set up with reasonable cost and limited resources even in smaller institutions. Cost should not be considered a major obstacle in implementing this excellent examination type in undergraduate medical education.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Poenaru D,Morales D,Richards A,O'Connor HMdoi
10.1016/s0002-9610(97)00007-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-06-01 00:00:00pages
538-41issue
6eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S000296109700007Xjournal_volume
173pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Retractions of scientific articles represent attempts to correct the literature. Our goal was to examine retracted surgical papers. METHODS:NCBI PubMed database was queried using the search terms "surgery," "surg," or "surgical" and "retracted" or "retraction." Article details were recorded. RESULTS:There ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.11.033
更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of age on both the risk of hepatectomy and the prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Patients undergoing an initial hepatectomy for HCC were classified into 2 age groups: 75 years or over (n = 113) and less than 75 years (n ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.05.026
更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fixation of polypropylene (Marlex) mesh in the epigastrium and at the iliac crest can be ineffective because of insufficient local fascia; however, two techniques have been described to obtain firm and durable attachment of polypropylene grafts at these sites. Perichondral slips at the costal margin permit very satisf...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(85)80194-x
更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation is a promising treatment for refractory chronic pancreatitis. We analyzed postoperative complications in 83 TPIAT patients and their impact on islet graft function. We examined patient demographics, preoperative risk factors, intraoperative variables, and 30- and 90-...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.04.007
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with recurrent pelvic malignancy have few treatment options, and surgery is fraught with complications. We sought to characterize the relationship between radiographic pelvic volume and postoperative complications after pelvic salvage surgery. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all patients un...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.08.015
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of axillary node dissection on breast cancer survival is unclear. Limited axillary surgery has been proposed but may increase regional recurrence rates. Optimal management for axillary recurrence is poorly understood. METHODS:Axillary recurrences were initial treatment failure sites in 44 of 4,25...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(00)00456-6
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Rectopexy is one of the accepted treatment options for full-thickness rectal prolapse, but the details of the technique remain controversial. This unit has adopted a laparoscopic approach as an alternative to open surgery, and has used three techniques: mesh, suture, and resection. This retrospective study c...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(01)00672-9
更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A selected group of men whose eponyms are currently used in biliary tract surgery are described. The eponyms chosen comprise two areas: gross anatomy (Glisson, Wirsung, Santorini, Winslow, Heister, and Vater) and operative anatomy (Kocher, Courvoisier, Morison, Hartmann, Calot, Roux, and Oddi). A brief review of bilia...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(79)90290-3
更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric magnet ingestions are increasing. Commercial availability of rare-earth magnets poses a serious health risk. This study defines incidence, characteristics, and management of ingestions over time. METHODS:Cases were identified by searching radiology reports from June 2002 to December 2012 at a chil...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.12.028
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Students report that their operating room experience during specialty clerkships has been less than satisfactory. To deal with this and other problems in a 1-week cardiothoracic clerkship, a video conference system was introduced. METHODS:Three teaching strategies were used: a seminar dealing with the disea...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(96)00387-x
更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between 1968 and 1979, 183 patients with invasive epidermoid cancer of the anal canal were treated at Institut Curie. There was 156 women, 27 men with a mean age of 67 +/- 11 years (range 40 to 85 years). The initial height of the tumor was less than 4 cm (65 patients), 4 to 6 cm (98 patients), and more than 6 cm (20 ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(84)90032-1
更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is an early event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Insulin and glucose are known to stimulate the growth of VSMC. Cell membrane receptors play an important role in the proliferation of VSMC in response to growth factors. Insulin and insulin-like growth fac...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)00150-6
更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) capture peri-operative fatigue, pain, and quality of life and influence outcomes in gastrointestinal surgery. We compared peri-operative PROs in patients undergoing colorectal operations for neoplastic versus non-neoplastic processes. METHODS:Patients undergoing colectomy ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.017
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair can be technically challenging. We herein present a simplified technique of laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair. METHODS:This technique entails fixation of the rolled mesh to the anterior abdominal wall before unfolding it, each side of the mesh is unfolded and fixed ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.034
更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The nephrocholedochoscope designed for inspection of the ductal system of the urinary and bladder tracts has proved to be a useful method for examining the denuded vessel wall after limited blind endarterectomy. This technic is especially helpful in endarterectomy of the common iliac arteries and also has application ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(76)90375-5
更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of hepatic hemangioma is reported in which preoperative diagnosis, with the combined aid of serial selective hepatic arteriography and laparoscopy, was necessary. The patient underwent right hepatic lobectomy after extensive extrahepatic individual ligations with no severe postoperative complications. The combi...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(75)90350-5
更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:A review of 1993 data on length of stay (LOS) and charges for diagnosis-related group (DRG) 195 (complicated cholecystectomies) showed that Maricopa Medical Center charged more and had longer LOS than all other area hospitals. METHODS:Twenty DRG 195 charts were analyzed for the causes of the inefficiencies....
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80035-x
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between 1973 and 1989, 49 patients with gastrointestinal lymphomas were treated at the Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, and followed in the tumor registry. The purpose of this review was to determine the influence of treatment on long-term survival of these patients. The mean age was 63 years (range...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(91)90902-p
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery is an environment in which being an expert requires the ability to manage the unexpected. This feature has necessitated a shift in surgical decision-making research. The present study explores the processes by which surgeons assess and respond to nonroutine challenges in the operating room. METHODS:...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.005
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Choledochal cysts (CDC) are rare congenital cystic lesions of the biliary tract. In North America the incidence of CDC is estimated as 1/150,000; it is not clear that the disease pattern in North America is similar to that in Asia. METHODS:Retrospective chart review. Statistical analysis was under taken usi...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.01.025
更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A total of ninety three patients with biliary tract disease were studied to determine the concentration of the pancreatic enzymes, amylase and lipase, in bile obtained from the gallbladder and/or common bile duct. Of seventy gallbladder bile samples, amylase levels were higher than actual or predicted serum levels in ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(79)90055-2
更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the present study, the incidence of severe brain injury was 600 percent higher for patients riding without a helmet and the incidence of all brain injuries was nearly twice as high in the nonhelmeted riders. All surviving patients with severe brain injury sustained residual long-term disability. The incidence of in...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80151-x
更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:mesh techniques are the preferable methods for repair of small ventral hernias, as a primary suture repair shows high recurrence rates. The aim of this prospective study was to compare the retromuscular sublay technique with the intraperitoneal underlay technique for primary umbilical hernias. METHODS:from ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.022
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The results of aggressive surgical treatment of primary lip cancer and advanced and recurrent carcinoma of the lip are illustrated and discussed. Early detection of involved lymph nodes before capsular penetration occurs and careful and complete dissection of the submental and submandibular regions are advocated as po...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(76)90326-3
更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a transcatheter aortic valve for patients for whom open heart surgery is prohibitively risky. METHODS:A multidisciplinary heart valve team partnered with administration to launch a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program. Clinical registrie...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.017
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This meta-analysis was performed to determine the degree to which improvements in open hernia repair (OHR) in the last decade have altered the relative benefit of laparoscopic hernia repair (LHR). METHODS:Twenty-seven comparative trials including 4,688 randomized patients were evaluated. RESULTS:Within the...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(02)00878-4
更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine the role of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the follow-up of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy and iodine-131 ((131)I) ablation therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer and presented increased thyroglobulin levels with negative ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(00)00381-0
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Forty-eight patients with acute cholangitis who presented with postcholocystectomy choledocholithiasis are reported on in this study. As soon as the general condition of the patients had improved, or as soon as the fluid balance was established, usually within 48 hours of admission, the patients were divided into two ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(82)90096-4
更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Predicting length of stay (LOS) is difficult for trauma and emergency general surgery (TEGS) patients. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of LOS predictions by TEGS team members and the NSQIP Risk Calculator and the patient factors associated with inaccurate predictions. METHODS:LOS for 200 TEGS patients...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.01.055
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor that may spread via lymphatics and can therefore be staged with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). MCC is radiosensitive and chemosensitive, although the role of adjuvant therapy is still unclear. We examined the impact of different treatments o...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.06.013
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
