Surgeons' Satisfaction With the Surgical Training Program in Egypt

Satisfaction Clinical Trial

— multi-center  

Official title:

Young Surgeons' Satisfaction With the Surgical Training Program in Egyptian University Hospitals: A Multi-center Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03142308
• Other study ID #: 3259/18-122016
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Zagazig University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In Egypt, the evidence for quality processes has not been established yet in the current training programs for surgery residents. There are no published articles discussing career satisfaction among surgical residents. Therefore, we are going to conduct a self-designed survey in Egyptian university hospitals to measure residents' satisfaction and display views about their undergraduate surgical education, surgical education during internship year, post-graduate training program, and extracurricular activity during medical school.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 26 Years to 34 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• We will include the Egyptian academic surgeons, within their first 8 years after their graduation. We will include surgeons in general surgery and other surgery subspecialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, and plastic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• We will exclude surgeons who received part of their training program abroad.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Satisfaction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Zagazig University	Zagazig

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zagazig University	Ain Shams University, Al-Azhar University, Alexandria University, Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Surgeons' satisfaction with undergraduate surgical education, surgical training during the internship year, and residency using validated questionnaire	By validated questionnaire, we will assess surgeons' satisfaction with lectures, clinical rounds, skill labs during undergraduate, satisfaction with tutorials, operating room, outpatient clinic, ward rounds, and seminars during internship year, satisfaction with theoretical and clinical training program, and number of working hours during the residency.	Within 8 years of graduation
Secondary	Define the reasons of dissatisfaction by validated questionnaire.	Using validated questionnaire, we will assess the reasons of dissatisfaction such as insufficient teaching time, dysfunctional curriculum, training environment, and teaching methodology.	Within 8 years of graduation