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An argument-based validation study of the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) program (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Background: The Fundamentals of Laparoscopy Surgery (FLS) program was launched over 15 years ago. Since then, there has been an exponential rise in advancements of laparoscopy and its uses. In response, we conducted an argument-based ...

The entrustable professional activities of laparoscopic surgery: moving toward an integrated training model (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Background: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) provide the opportunity to integrate multiple competencies into meaningful units that facilitate curriculum development and assessment design. As part of the process of reviewing and enhancing the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic ...

Update on the Financial Wellbeing of Surgical Residents in New England (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Background: Poor personal financial health has been linked to key components of health including burnout, substance abuse, and worsening personal relationships. Understanding the state of resident financial health is key to improving their overall wellbeing. ...

Routine Assessment of Surgical Resident Wellness-Related Concerns During Biannual Review (Margaret Siu, David Tashjian, Gladys Fernandez, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Background: Surgery residency confers stress burdens on trainees. To monitor and mitigate areas of concerns, our education team implemented a six-item biannual survey querying potential stressors. We reviewed the initial five-year experience to assess for ...

Update on the Personal and Professional Well-Being of Surgical Residents in New England (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Background: Surgical culture has shifted to recognize the importance of resident wellbeing. This is the first study to longitudinally track regional surgical resident wellbeing over 5 years. Study design: An anonymous cross-sectional, multi-institutional survey of ...

Overcoming Systems Factors in Case Logging with Artificial Intelligence Tools (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Introduction: Case logs are foundational data in surgical education, yet cases are consistently under-reported. Logging behavior is driven by multiple human and systems factors, including time constraints, ease of case data retrieval, access to data-entry ...

Application of technology to educational needs in surgery (Jorind Beqari and Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Innovations in surgical education follow advancing clinical technology. New surgical methods have prompted demand for systematic methods to leverage computing power and internet tools to achieve proficiency-based training goals. Virtual reality, high-fidelity patient simulation, web-based ...

Validation of a simple technique of volumetric analysis of complex incisional hernias without 3D CT scan reconstruction (Mazen Al-Mansour, Jacqueline Wu, Greg Gagnon, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Purpose: Volumetric analysis is being increasingly utilized in the preoperative evaluation of complex incisional hernias. Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan has been used to obtain surface area (SA) and volume (Vol.) ...

Linear versus volumetric CT analysis in predicting tension-free fascial closure in abdominal wall reconstruction (Mazen Al-Mansour, Jacqueline Wu, Greg Gagnon, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: Improved outcomes of abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) have been shown when tension-free fascial closure (TFFC) is achieved. Our objective was to determine the clinical and radiologic predictors of TFFC in patients undergoing AWR. Study ...

Use of a Secure Web-Based Data Management Platform to Track Resident Operative Performance and Program Educational Quality Over Time (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Objective: In surgery residency programs, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandated performance assessment can include assessment in the operating room to demonstrate that necessary quality and autonomy goals are achieved by the conclusion of ...

Senior General Surgery Resident Confidence in Performing Abdominal Wall Hernia Repairs (Briana Leung, Alex Knee, Jacqueline Wu, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2020)

BACKGROUND: It is expected that graduating general surgery residents be confident in performing common abdominal wall hernia repairs. The objective of our study was to assess the confidence of senior surgical residents in these procedures ...

Education Management Platform Enables Delivery and Comparison of Multiple Evaluation Types (Ruchi Thanawala, Jonathan Jesneck and Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2019)

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an automated platform for evaluation selection and delivery would increase participation from surgical teaching faculty in submitting resident operative performance evaluations. DESIGN: We built a ...

Boot Camp in a Box: Initial Experience with Pretraining Skills Preparation for New Interns (Sheina Theodore, Heather Grant, John Budrow, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

PURPOSE: In order to increase selected skills at onset of training, we provided newly matched PGY-1 trainees with materials and instructions to practice these skills, as well as the opportunity to share video-recorded performance and ...

Surgery Poster - 2019 (Gladys Fernandez, David Tashjian, Neal Seymour, et al.) Research and Education Posters (2019)

Surgery Poster - 2019

Novel Educational Information Management Platform Improves the Surgical Skill Evaluation Process of Surgical Residents (Ruchi Thanawala, Jonathan Jesneck and Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2018)

OBJECTIVE: We sought to increase compliance and timeliness of surgery resident operative evaluation, by providing faculty and residents with a Platform-linking evaluation to analytics and machine-learning-facilitated case logging. DESIGN: We built a HIPAA-compliant web-based Platform ...

A case report of unexpected pathology within an incarcerated ventral hernia (Erica Kane, Katharine Bittner, John Romanelli, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2017)

INTRODUCTION: Incidence of hernial appendicitis is 0.008%, most frequently within inguinal and femoral hernias. Up to 2.5% of appendectomy patients are found to have Crohn's disease. Elucidating the etiology of inflammation is essential for directing ...

Multicenter proficiency benchmarks for advanced laparoscopic suturing tasks (Neal Seymour and Erica Kane) All Scholarly Works (2017)

BACKGROUND: Advanced laparoscopic suturing (LS) tasks were developed based on a needs assessment. Initial validity evidence has been shown. The purpose of this multicenter study was to determine expert proficiency benchmarks for these tasks. METHODS: ...

Putting the MeaT into TeaM Training: Development, Delivery, and Evaluation of a Surgical Team-Training Workshop (Neal Seymour, Gladys Fernandez and Gerard Langlois) All Scholarly Works (2016)

BACKGROUND: Despite importance to patient care, team training is infrequently used in surgical education. To address this, a workshop was developed by the Association for Surgical Education Simulation Committee to teach team training using high-fidelity ...

The effects of viewing axis on laparoscopic performance: a comparison of non-expert and expert laparoscopic surgeons (Sang Won Rhee, Gladys Fernandez, Ron Bush, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

BACKGROUND: While the ideal relationship of telescope viewing axis and instrument working axis in laparoscopic surgery is co-axial, it is often necessary to deviate view of the surgical field from the direction of working instruments ...

Prospective, randomized assessment of transfer of training (ToT) and transfer effectiveness ratio (TER) of virtual reality simulation training for laparoscopic skill acquisition (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2013)

OBJECTIVES: We assessed the effectiveness of ToT from VR laparoscopic simulation training in 2 studies. In a second study, we also assessed the TER. ToT is a detectable performance improvement between equivalent groups, and TER ...

The future of surgical simulation (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Implementation of full patient simulation training in surgical residency (Gladys Fernandez, Patrick Lee, David Page, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2010)

PURPOSE: Simulated patient care has gained acceptance as a medical education tool but is underused in surgical training. To improve resident clinical management in critical situations relevant to the surgical patient, high-fidelity full patient simulation ...

Simulation in critical care medicine: Helping students "Get it" (Gladys Fernandez, Elizabeth D'Amour, William McGee, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2010)

Safety effects of simulation: The surgeon's view (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2010)

Safety through teamwork: Surgical team training (Neal Seymour) All Scholarly Works (2010)