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Challenges training left-handed surgeons.

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Anderson, M; Carballo, E; Hughes, D; Behrer, C; Reddy, RM
Published in: American journal of surgery
September 2017

Being left-handed (LH) is considered a disadvantage in surgical training. We sought to understand the perspectives of LH trainees and surgical educators on the challenges and modifications in training LH surgeons.A survey was distributed to surgeons, surgical residents, and medical students about challenges teaching and learning surgical technique.25 LH surgeons, 65 right-handed (RH) surgeons, and 39 LH trainees completed the survey. Compared to LH surgeons, RH surgeons reported more difficulty (46% vs 16%, p = 0.003) and less comfort teaching LH trainees (28% vs 4%, p = 0.002), and 10 (15%) reported that LH trainees have less technical ability. RH surgeons identified challenges translating technique to LH trainees and physical limitations of an environment optimized for right-handed mechanics.The disadvantage LH surgical trainees face is due to barriers in training rather than inherent lesser ability. Nonetheless, minimal modifications are made to overcome these barriers.

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American journal of surgery

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1879-1883

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0002-9610

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

214

Issue

3

Start / End Page

554 / 557

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Specialties, Surgical
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3203 Dentistry
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Anderson, M., Carballo, E., Hughes, D., Behrer, C., & Reddy, R. M. (2017). Challenges training left-handed surgeons. American Journal of Surgery, 214(3), 554–557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.011
Anderson, Maia, Erica Carballo, David Hughes, Christopher Behrer, and Rishindra M. Reddy. “Challenges training left-handed surgeons.American Journal of Surgery 214, no. 3 (September 2017): 554–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.011.
Anderson M, Carballo E, Hughes D, Behrer C, Reddy RM. Challenges training left-handed surgeons. American journal of surgery. 2017 Sep;214(3):554–7.
Anderson, Maia, et al. “Challenges training left-handed surgeons.American Journal of Surgery, vol. 214, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. 554–57. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.011.
Anderson M, Carballo E, Hughes D, Behrer C, Reddy RM. Challenges training left-handed surgeons. American journal of surgery. 2017 Sep;214(3):554–557.
Journal cover image

Published In

American journal of surgery

DOI

EISSN

1879-1883

ISSN

0002-9610

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

214

Issue

3

Start / End Page

554 / 557

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Specialties, Surgical
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3203 Dentistry
  • 3202 Clinical sciences