Vasectomy is one of the safest, simplest and most effective methods of fertility regulation. The non scalpel vasectomy method has been sucessfully use for several million vasectomies all over the world. This method makes vasectomy easier to perform eliminate the use of the scalpel and reduces the incidence of complications but disadvantage of the technique is the hands on training and number of cases necessary to gain proficiency
Education ; Vasectomy ; surgery

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Education* ; Running* ; Surgery, Plastic*

The healthcare environment is continuing to change and so too is education and training of surgeons. We now live in an age of increased specialisation, of technology, of accountability, of greater patient education and expectation and mass media attention. The traditional apprentice method and emphasis too much on examinations will have to be changed to a more structured system of training with training standards, regular assessment and feed back. There are new skills to be learnt for future surgical practice and new ways to learn them to become competent. We need to make changes in the institutions and departments to create a learning environment and an organisational system to implement the training programme. The current shortage of surgical work force in the institutions and lack of sufficient teachers committed to teaching and training are major issues that need to be addressed.
General Surgery ; education ; trends ; Singapore

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Education, Medical* ; Human ; Korea ; Learning* ; Methods ; Schools, Medical* ; Surgery/education*

Education, Nursing, Continuing ; General Surgery ; education ; Humans ; Physicians

Education, Professional ; Gastroenterology ; education ; Gastrointestinal Diseases ; surgery ; Humans ; Physicians

Male infertility microsurgery represents the fastest growing sub-specialty in urology and clinical andrology over the past two decades. The importance of microsurgery for male infertility has risen as a part of the urologist's armamentarium in the medical and surgical management of male infertility. Despite the advances in male infertility microsurgery in China, the lack of standardized and well-organized training programs for male infertility microsurgery remains a serious problem affecting its development. In this article, Zhao and Peng have shared their experience with the learning curve of male infertility microsurgery at the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, which centers on how to pay attention to the details and basic principles of microsurgery. Male infertility microsurgery is physically, technically and mentally challenging, and must be first learned in the laboratory. Clinical success depends heavily upon appropriate training in a microsurgical laboratory. Good training can significantly reduce operation time and surgical errors as well as improve the quality of outcomes.
Andrology ; education ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; surgery ; Male ; Microsurgery ; education

Today, with the rapid development of network information technology, the micro-lecture plays a role in the teaching activities is becoming more and more important. The short and efficient teaching content of micro-lecture can be downloaded rapidly, expediently, and repeatedly, which improve the learning efficiency and independent learning capability. The clinical training of thoracic surgery elementarily remains at the scrabble stage. We require continuous reform and introduce new modes of teaching, which compatible with the development of society and the study habits of novice, to enhance the effectiveness of clinical training. In this paper, the concept, characteristic and advantage of micro-lecture was discussed, and the feasibility of application of micro-lecture in thoracic surgery teaching was also discussed. Our aim was to promote the application of micro-lecture in the clinical training of thoracic surgery reasonable and extensive.
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Humans ; Surgeons ; education ; Teaching ; education ; Thoracic Neoplasms ; surgery ; Thoracic Surgery ; education ; methods ; Thoracic Surgical Procedures ; education ; methods

Photography is essential for facial plastic surgery practice and has been used for documentation of patients, assessment of operative result, research, education, publication and medicolegal defense. With rapidly advancing technology, digital photography is emerging as a standard method for patient documentation in clinical setting. Digital photogrphs are captured on CCD(charged coupler device) of camera, and stored in flash memory in camera such as Compact Flash and Smarta Media card and transferred to a computer. The image may be immediately viewed on LCD(liquid crystal display) screen of the camera and reshot if necessary, and may be manipulated using photo-editing software programs, easily incorporated into digital presentation. The advantage of long-term storage, easy retrieval, and database organization make digital photography even more appealing. The authors intend to discuss considerations in selecting digital camera and photographic methods to acquire better image in plastic practice, and recommend digital photography as a new standard for conventional 35-mm film photography for general use in plastic surgery.
Education ; Humans ; Memory ; Photography* ; Publications ; Surgery, Plastic*

Endoscopy ; education ; Humans ; Skull Base ; surgery