Surgeons' Satisfaction With the Surgical Training Program in Egypt (multi-center)

Young Surgeons' Satisfaction With the Surgical Training Program in Egyptian University Hospitals: A Multi-center Cross-sectional Study

In Egypt, the evidence for quality processes has not been established yet in the current training programs for surgery residents. There are no published articles discussing career satisfaction among surgical residents. Therefore, we are going to conduct a self-designed survey in Egyptian university hospitals to measure residents' satisfaction and display views about their undergraduate surgical education, surgical education during internship year, post-graduate training program, and extracurricular activity during medical school.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Satisfaction

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 500

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Zagazig, Egypt
    • Zagazig University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 26 years to 34 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Residents (juniors, sub-seniors, seniors) and assistant lectures in all surgical specialities.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• We will include the Egyptian academic surgeons, within their first 8 years after their graduation. We will include surgeons in general surgery and other surgery subspecialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, and plastic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• We will exclude surgeons who received part of their training program abroad.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Ecologic or Community
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Surgeons; Young surgeons in all surgical specialities

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Surgeons' satisfaction with undergraduate surgical education, surgical training during the internship year, and residency using validated questionnaire	By validated questionnaire, we will assess surgeons' satisfaction with lectures, clinical rounds, skill labs during undergraduate, satisfaction with tutorials, operating room, outpatient clinic, ward rounds, and seminars during internship year, satisfaction with theoretical and clinical training program, and number of working hours during the residency.	Within 8 years of graduation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Define the reasons of dissatisfaction by validated questionnaire.	Using validated questionnaire, we will assess the reasons of dissatisfaction such as insufficient teaching time, dysfunctional curriculum, training environment, and teaching methodology.	Within 8 years of graduation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Zagazig University
• Collaborators: Alexandria University; Cairo University; Ain Shams University; Al-Azhar University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 2, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): May 5, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 15, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2022
• Last Verified: November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Satisfaction; Multi-center; Egypt; Training program; Cross-sectional
• Other Study ID Numbers: 3259/18-122016

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No