How accelerated learning platforms are pushing surgical education forward
Surgical training has long been confined to traditional models of Halstedian apprenticeship, where trainees are guided—but also potentially limited—by their superiors. Within this dynamic, the transfer of knowledge from expert to learner is dependent on individual educators, which can then be easily affected by personal circumstances and potential unconscious biases.
Physicians are often busy and rightly focused on patient care, but this can lead to uncaptured and delayed feedback for …