About this Research Topic
This research topic aims to address the current challenges in clinical and research education, and also training, of medical students, vascular surgery trainees, and early graduates of residency and fellowship programs. These challenges are faced by trainees of all stages and the staff involved in their training such as practicing academic vascular surgeons, including program directors, who educate; these trainees may be students and new/early-stage clinicians and also researchers within the field of vascular surgery.
There is increasing emphasis across surgical specialties on sound education and a growing recognition that education is key to safe clinical practice and effective professional development, however surgery presents unique opportunities and challenges to educators and trainers. Here, we discuss methods and approaches to the education/training of students rotating through vascular surgery (also known as undergraduate training), residents and fellows (also known as postgraduate training), as well as practicing vascular surgeons (also known as continuous professional development). This topic will act as a resource for those involved in this process, and also the wider community within vascular surgery for the education and training of medical students and vascular surgery trainees.
In this Research Topic, we welcome manuscripts that help to address some of the following important questions:
• What should be the curriculum of vascular surgery for undergraduate medical students?
• To what extent undergraduate medical students should get exposure to ongoing research?
• What should be the curriculum of vascular surgery for fellows and residents in the era of augmented reality and vanishing open surgery?
• To what extent fellows and residents should get exposure to research training, within a structured post-graduate training such as master or doctoral studies?
• What is the role of basic or clinical research not leading to a degree?
We welcome contributions in the form of original research, review, mini review, case report, hypothesis and theory, perspective, and experimental studies that cover, but are not limited to, following themes:
1. New trends in curricular development and challenges of multidisciplinary learning. Examples are new fellowship/subspecialty themes.
2. Digital innovations in medical education, i.e. simulation-based training, virtual/augmented reality
3. Workshop training
4. Effect of working hours directive on residency and fellowship training
There is increasing emphasis across surgical specialties on sound education and a growing recognition that education is key to safe clinical practice and effective professional development, however surgery presents unique opportunities and challenges to educators and trainers. Here, we discuss methods and approaches to the education/training of students rotating through vascular surgery (also known as undergraduate training), residents and fellows (also known as postgraduate training), as well as practicing vascular surgeons (also known as continuous professional development). This topic will act as a resource for those involved in this process, and also the wider community within vascular surgery for the education and training of medical students and vascular surgery trainees.
In this Research Topic, we welcome manuscripts that help to address some of the following important questions:
• What should be the curriculum of vascular surgery for undergraduate medical students?
• To what extent undergraduate medical students should get exposure to ongoing research?
• What should be the curriculum of vascular surgery for fellows and residents in the era of augmented reality and vanishing open surgery?
• To what extent fellows and residents should get exposure to research training, within a structured post-graduate training such as master or doctoral studies?
• What is the role of basic or clinical research not leading to a degree?
We welcome contributions in the form of original research, review, mini review, case report, hypothesis and theory, perspective, and experimental studies that cover, but are not limited to, following themes:
1. New trends in curricular development and challenges of multidisciplinary learning. Examples are new fellowship/subspecialty themes.
2. Digital innovations in medical education, i.e. simulation-based training, virtual/augmented reality
3. Workshop training
4. Effect of working hours directive on residency and fellowship training
Keywords: Vascular Surgery, Education, Residency, Fellowship, Training, Digital Innovations
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
