Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiõeshttps://www.scielo.br/journal/rcbc/feed/2024-01-02T20:27:07.362000ZVol. 51 - 2024WerkzeugConfidence degree and skill development in undergraduate medical students using male urogenital training simulators10.1590/0100-6991e-20243593-en2024-01-02T20:27:07.362000Z2020-08-09T06:49:20.053000ZBrigo, Malcom Jones KrummenauerGarbelini, Maria Cecília Da LozzoCoelho, Izabel Cristina Meister Martins
<em>Brigo, Malcom Jones Krummenauer</em>;
<em>Garbelini, Maria Cecília Da Lozzo</em>;
<em>Coelho, Izabel Cristina Meister Martins</em>;
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ABSTRACT Introduction: medical training should provide the future professional, in addition to theoretical knowledge, general and specific skills. In urology, urogenital training simulators have been presented as an ally in improving the degree of confidence and development of competencies for undergraduate medical students. Methods: exploratory descriptive research with a quantitative approach, of an experimental nature, of the randomized controlled type with cross-sectional cut. Conducted with the students of the 4th year of medicine of a Higher Education Institution in the West of Paraná. Results: 91 students attended a theoretical class with a complete explanation of the activities to be performed and answered the initial questionnaire about the degree of confidence to perform tasks in three stations with male urogenital training simulators (prostatic touch, bladder catheterization and scrotal evaluation). Of these, 45 received guidance and training with the simulators prior to the stations, while 46 should demonstrate skills directly in the three stations, mimicking patient care, only with information from the theoretical classes. The students who received previous guidance with the simulators had their scores in the development of competence higher. And, when they repeated the questionnaire about the degree of confidence to demonstrate skills with the mannequins, there was a higher degree of confidence in performing the tasks, except for the execution of a task considered more difficult. Conclusion: there was an improvement in the degree of confidence and in the development of competencies of undergraduate medical students with the orientations in the male urogenital training simulators.Expanding Global Surgery Education in Brazil: Perspectives after the 35<sup>th</sup> Brazilian Surgical Congress10.1590/0100-6991e-20243667-en2024-01-02T20:27:07.362000Z2020-08-09T06:49:20.053000ZALVARES, LUIZA TELLES DE ANDRADERANGEL, AYLA GERKCAMPOS, LETÍCIA NUNESVIANA, SOFIA WAGEMAKERKIM, ANA WOO SOOKSAMPAIO, NATÁLIA ZANETIFERREIRA, ROSEANNESILVA, JOAQUIM BUSTORFFMOONEY, DAVID PCAMARGO, CRISTINA PIRES
<em>Alvares, Luiza Telles De Andrade</em>;
<em>Rangel, Ayla Gerk</em>;
<em>Campos, Letícia Nunes</em>;
<em>Viana, Sofia Wagemaker</em>;
<em>Kim, Ana Woo Sook</em>;
<em>Sampaio, Natália Zaneti</em>;
<em>Ferreira, Roseanne</em>;
<em>Silva, Joaquim Bustorff</em>;
<em>Mooney, David P</em>;
<em>Camargo, Cristina Pires</em>;
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ABSTRACT The 35th Brazilian Congress of Surgery marked a turning point for surgical education in the country. For the first time, the Brazilian College of Surgeons included Global Surgery on the main congressional agenda, providing a unique opportunity to rethink how surgical skills are taught from a public health perspective. This discussion prompts us to consider why and how Global Surgery education should be expanded in Brazil. Although Brazilian researchers and institutions have contributed to the fields expansion since 2015, Global Surgery education initiatives are still incipient in our country. Relying on successful strategies can be a starting point to promote the area among national surgical practitioners. In this editorial, we discuss potential strategies to expand Global Surgery education opportunities and propose a series of recommendations at the national level.