Traditionally, technical skills in surgery are taught by the “apprentice model”: trainee surgeons learn under supervision in the operating room, by performing portions of or complete real operations on real patients.
September has been a month characterized by academic teaching. I’ve had the pleasure to host two 5-student groups for two consecutive weekends in Lugano. This new heart surgery course (www.cardiocentro.org/kurs-herzchirurgie) that was specifically set up for medical students during clinical semesters.