Surgical skills evaluation of the graduates from the training program in Otorhinolaryngology of the University of Chile
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Surgical competence, residents, accreditation
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Introduction: In Chile there are 4 universities with postgraduate programs in Otorhi- nolaryngology. The national organism that regulates postgraduate education in Medicine
(APICE) recommends a minimal number of surgeries to be performed during the trai- ning, these suggestions were developed by a group of experts. Aim: The objective of this paper is to explore the accomplishment of these minimal number of surgeries by the graduates of the Otorhinolaryngology Program from Universidad de Chile in the last 10 years. Material and method: The surgical portafolio from the students graduated between 2006 and 2016 were reviewed. The following data was registered: year of completion of the program, surgery, kind of participation (surgeon or not), and academic location. Results: In the period 77 physicians completed the program, eleven of them were excluded. The total analysis of 66 portafolios revealed that none of them accomplished a 100% of the minimal requirements suggested by APICE. Conclusions: None of the graduates from the Otorhinolaryngology Program from Universidad de Chile in the last 10 years has fulfilled in 100% the requirements.
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