Presentation of abstracts announced for FST conference

We are pleased to announce the following abstracts for oral and poster presentation at this month’s FST annual conference.

Oral Presentation

Anne Gaunt
“Playing the Game”: What do surgical trainees really think about feedback and workplace-based assessments (WPBA)?

Vairavan Narayanan
Standardised operative skills assessment with custom printed 3D models

Gursevak Singh
Defining the role of the “Future Surgeons: Key Skills” course in the surgical curriculum

Emma Jane Stapleton
OPERATION: Measuring the effects of trainer behavior on trainee performance

Chrysostomos Tornari
Construct validity of cadaveric temporal bone simulation in mastoidectomy training

Alexander Michael Whittam
‘Better Training, Better Care’: Cadaveric operative skills course for core surgical trainees in plastic surgery

Poster Presentations

Daniela Bondin
An introspective survey on successful otholaryngology trainees within the North West Deanery

Lucy Rebecca Bookless
A review of the validity and reliability of workplace-based assessments in surgical training

Lucy Rebecca Bookless
Surgical trainers’ perspectives on workplace-based assessments

Ediz Bozman
Assessing burn resuscitation skills of plastic surgery STs using an OSCE

Vivek Vijay Chitre
Setting up a laparoscopic training facility in a DGH

James Edward Fitzgerald
Promoting and evaluating surgical skills training in resource-poor settings: The ASiT Foundation Skills in Surgery course in Rwanda

Anne Gaunt
For learning or a test? What do surgeons and surgical trainees think of WPBA and how do they use them?

Anne Gaunt
General surgical trainee feedback – seeking behavior in the context of workplace-based assessment (WPBA)

Neil David Killick
Assessing quality of feedback from use of a high fidelity temporal bone simulator in the North West Deanery and the creation of a logbook

Aphrodite Lacovidou
A novel tonsillectomy simulator: Using silicone to train future surgeons

Sridhayan Mahalingam
Grommet simulation: In search of the ideal training and assessment model

Clare Rivers
What do core trainees want in a surgical trainer?

Mirza Azher Siddiq
The Voxel Man Virtual Reality Otology Simulator - “A face validity study”

Paula Smith
ePortfolios: Evidencing reflective practice in the workplace

Paula Smith
“To see ourselves as others see us”: A comparison of peer-and-tutor-assessment of online student discussion boards