Abstract：
There is concern around projected unmet need in the surgical workforce internationally. Current barriers to medical students pursuing surgical careers include lack of early exposure, low confidence in surgical skills, and perceived lifestyle barriers. This review aimed to examine both the purpose of student surgical interest groups (SIGs) globally, and their effect on metrics representing student surgical career interest. barriers.
MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched for papers analysing surgical interest group purpose and efficacy. Risk of bias was assessed for survey-based papers using a 20-point checklist. Descriptive analysis was performed based on qualitative data.
Twenty-eight papers were included in the analysis including 13 surveys. These were of moderate quality. The analysed SIGs had 100-1000 student members and a diverse range of funding sources. Purpose of SIGs was described by 26 of 28 papers with common themes including promotion of surgical career choice and developing theoretical/practical surgical skills. Common initiatives of SIGs included surgical lectures/teaching and practical skills workshops. Data from 15 papers analysing efficacy of SIGs suggested they positively influenced self-reported student interest in surgical careers (78.6%) and confidence in surgical knowledge (80%), as well as confidence in practical skills, knowledge about surgical careers/lifestyle, mentorship opportunity, and research involvement.
Student SIGs make a unique contribution to early medical student experience through positive effect on promoting surgical careers. They target relevant metrics such as surgical knowledge and confidence that are known to influence surgical career choice in the modern surgical landscape.
MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched for papers analysing surgical interest group purpose and efficacy. Risk of bias was assessed for survey-based papers using a 20-point checklist. Descriptive analysis was performed based on qualitative data.
Twenty-eight papers were included in the analysis including 13 surveys. These were of moderate quality. The analysed SIGs had 100-1000 student members and a diverse range of funding sources. Purpose of SIGs was described by 26 of 28 papers with common themes including promotion of surgical career choice and developing theoretical/practical surgical skills. Common initiatives of SIGs included surgical lectures/teaching and practical skills workshops. Data from 15 papers analysing efficacy of SIGs suggested they positively influenced self-reported student interest in surgical careers (78.6%) and confidence in surgical knowledge (80%), as well as confidence in practical skills, knowledge about surgical careers/lifestyle, mentorship opportunity, and research involvement.
Student SIGs make a unique contribution to early medical student experience through positive effect on promoting surgical careers. They target relevant metrics such as surgical knowledge and confidence that are known to influence surgical career choice in the modern surgical landscape.
摘要：
背景：国际上对外科劳动力的预期未满足的需求感到担忧。目前医学生追求外科职业的障碍包括缺乏早期接触，对手术技能的信心不足，和感知的生活方式障碍。这篇综述旨在研究全球学生手术兴趣小组(SIG)的目的，以及它们对代表学生外科职业兴趣的指标的影响。障碍。
方法：MEDLINE，EMBASE,PubMed,搜索了谷歌学者分析手术兴趣小组目的和功效的论文。使用20点检查表评估基于调查的论文的偏倚风险。描述性分析基于定性数据进行。
结果：28篇论文被纳入分析，包括13项调查。这些质量适中。分析的SIG有100-1000名学生成员和各种资金来源。28篇论文中有26篇描述了SIG的目的，这些论文具有共同的主题，包括促进外科职业选择和发展理论/实践外科技能。SIG的共同举措包括外科讲座/教学和实践技能研讨会。来自15篇分析SIG功效的论文的数据表明，他们对自我报告的学生对外科职业的兴趣（78.6％）和对外科知识的信心（80％）产生了积极影响。以及对实践技能的信心，关于外科职业/生活方式的知识，导师机会，和研究参与。
结论：学生SIG通过促进外科职业的积极作用，对早期医学生的经验做出了独特的贡献。他们针对相关指标，例如已知会影响现代外科领域中外科职业选择的外科知识和信心。
方法：MEDLINE，EMBASE,PubMed,搜索了谷歌学者分析手术兴趣小组目的和功效的论文。使用20点检查表评估基于调查的论文的偏倚风险。描述性分析基于定性数据进行。
结果：28篇论文被纳入分析，包括13项调查。这些质量适中。分析的SIG有100-1000名学生成员和各种资金来源。28篇论文中有26篇描述了SIG的目的，这些论文具有共同的主题，包括促进外科职业选择和发展理论/实践外科技能。SIG的共同举措包括外科讲座/教学和实践技能研讨会。来自15篇分析SIG功效的论文的数据表明，他们对自我报告的学生对外科职业的兴趣（78.6％）和对外科知识的信心（80％）产生了积极影响。以及对实践技能的信心，关于外科职业/生活方式的知识，导师机会，和研究参与。
结论：学生SIG通过促进外科职业的积极作用，对早期医学生的经验做出了独特的贡献。他们针对相关指标，例如已知会影响现代外科领域中外科职业选择的外科知识和信心。
