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Open Med (Wars). 2016 Dec 25;11(1):518-522. doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0089. eCollection 2016.

Excellence and safety in surgery require excellent and safe tutoring.

Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland)

Alessia Ferrarese, Claudio Buccelli, Giuseppe Addeo, Emanuele Capasso, Adelaide Conti, Maurizio Amato, Rita Compagna, Massimo Niola, Valter Martino

Affiliations

  1. Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Section of General Surgery, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy . Tel: +39 0119026224.
  2. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, Naples, Italy.
  3. Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia, Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS "S.Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli"), 25123 Brescia, Italy.
  4. Department of Neuroscience, Naples, Italy. Fellow in General Surgery at University of Naples, Italy.
  5. Department of Public Health, Naples, Italy. Fellow in Vascular Surgery at University of Naples, Italy.
  6. University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 28352844 PMCID: PMC5329876 DOI: 10.1515/med-2016-0089

Abstract

The surgical education in Italy has always been a very important issue. The aim of this article is to bring together the feedback of the definitions of the various components of the learning scheme and to evaluate the importance of the legal point. In March 2016 we performed a literature review. We have also examinated the internet pages of the Italian Department of Education, Health and Medical Order. In Italy the tutor had an unclear role from a legal point of view. He is the person who must be able to perform a specific procedure with expert technical and who must know how to stop the student if this is about to perform a dangerous maneuver. In Italy the ability to work for the trainee is limited in all reality, it depends on several factors including the increase of numbers of medical-legal disputes, the timing, the commitment it requires mentoring and a lack of mentors.

CONCLUSION: In surgery, the problem is greater because of the increasingly of medico-legal implications that we are after surgical procedure. It would be necessary to define a role of the tutor in a regular protocol and a proper assessment of his performance.

Keywords: Tutor; Tutor in surgery; Tutoring

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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