The Student Room Survey: Changes in the Post Graduate Study for Cardiothoracic Surgery

Authors

  • Md Faizus Sazzad Assistant Professor & Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka
  • - Mohammed Moniruzzaman Consultant Cardiac Surgeon & Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Zainul Haque Sikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka
  • Dewan Iftakher Raza Choudhury Registrar, Department of Cardiac Surgery, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka
  • Arif Ahmed Mohiuddin Specialist, Department of Cardiac Surgery, United Hospital Limited, Dhaka
  • Raafi Rahman Specialist, Department of Cardiac Surgery, United Hospital Limited, Dhaka
  • Omar Sadeque Khan Medical Officer, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Sirajus Salekin Registrar, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Samsul Arif Mohammad Musa Registrar, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Saklayen Russel Assistant Professor & Associate Consultant, Department of Vascular Surgery, Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jss.v23i2.46113

Keywords:

Student Room, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Abstract

Background: The number of postgraduate students in Cardiac surgical discipline is increasing day by day with incremental proportion are measurably suffering from the unnecessary lingering of the present course curriculum. The primary objective of this study was to find out the last 5 years’ of results of Masters in Surgery course under the University of Dhaka from a student room survey. A secondary objective was to find out positive changes that could show us the way of a step toward up-gradation. Methods: It is a retrospective analysis of all examination results of Cardio-vascular & Thoracic Surgery published since January 2008 to January 2013 from the University of Dhaka with in depth interview of 11 participants.

Results: 85.24% students failed to pass part-I of Masters in Surgery for Cardio-vascular & Thoracic Surgery course while, 82.18% in part-II and 71.28% failed to pass the final part. Average 2.51 attempts needed to complete each part of the designed course resulted into lingering of course duration for 42.18 months/student. In the thoracic surgery discipline the number of students alarmingly reduced up to 0% in the recent academic sessions.

Conclusions: Masters in Surgery is resulting in unnecessary prolongation of the course. We should step forward to meet the next generation challenge.

Journal of Surgical Sciences (2019) Vol. 23(2): 71-74

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Published

2020-03-24

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Sazzad, M. F., Mohammed Moniruzzaman, .-., Choudhury, D. I. R., Mohiuddin, A. A., Rahman, R., Khan, O. S., Salekin, S., Mohammad Musa, S. A., & Russel, S. (2020). The Student Room Survey: Changes in the Post Graduate Study for Cardiothoracic Surgery. Journal of Surgical Sciences, 23(2), 71–74. https://doi.org/10.3329/jss.v23i2.46113

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