Our first steps into surgery: The role of inspiring teachers

I. INTRODUCTION Surgery is an apprenticeship – an art to be learned by the operating table from our mentors and a skill to be honed through years of training. This article is a discussion of the significance of good role models in surgical education with personal examples given from our fresh exper...

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Main Authors: Niraj Mohan, Yi Yan Chia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Singapore 2017-01-01
Series:The Asia Pacific Scholar
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Online Access:https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/taps/our-first-steps-into-surgery-the-role-of-inspiring-teachers/
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spelling doaj-0cb7cd9ff5834408ba2be5bf7fb1138a2020-11-25T02:54:54ZengNational University of SingaporeThe Asia Pacific Scholar2424-93352424-92702017-01-0121293010.29060/TAPS.2017-2-1/PV1027Our first steps into surgery: The role of inspiring teachersNiraj Mohan0Yi Yan Chia1Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeI. INTRODUCTION Surgery is an apprenticeship – an art to be learned by the operating table from our mentors and a skill to be honed through years of training. This article is a discussion of the significance of good role models in surgical education with personal examples given from our fresh experiences with the intricacies of surgery during our undergraduate medical education years.https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/taps/our-first-steps-into-surgery-the-role-of-inspiring-teachers/first stepssurgeryroleinspiring teachers
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title_short Our first steps into surgery: The role of inspiring teachers
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description I. INTRODUCTION Surgery is an apprenticeship – an art to be learned by the operating table from our mentors and a skill to be honed through years of training. This article is a discussion of the significance of good role models in surgical education with personal examples given from our fresh experiences with the intricacies of surgery during our undergraduate medical education years.
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