Researchers suggest that, although implementation of an evaluation process of medical residents’ surgical skills is difficult, any available resources should be directed toward such an evaluation ...

Surgical training involves the acquisition of both technical and nontechnical skills. During a surgical residency, technical skills improve with practice, and surgical judgment deepens as a result of ...

Many medical school graduates in Canada have not received adequate training in basic surgical skills, such as suturing and tube placements, says a new study published recently in the Canadian Journal ...

Based on: Basic Surgical Skills: A manual with appropriate exercises. By Robert Tauber, M.D. 4°, cloth, 75 pp., with 51 illustrations. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders ...