J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 118(5): 539-543, 2017

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CURRENT STATUS OF CADAVER TRAINING

Efficient surgical training is essential to prepare medical personnel to perform their tasks properly in an environment that requires the mastery of complex and advanced techniques. However, the medical community faces important challenges to achieve these goals. First, advanced techniques, such as endoscopic surgery, are now frequently used. Second, there has been increasing awareness of the need to minimize the risk of medical errors. Therefore, off-the-job training (OFF-JT) is required to improve on-the-job training (OJT) by taking advantage of simulations, training on animals, etc. In the case of acute care surgery (ACS), the decline in traffic accidents has resulted in decreasing opportunities for OJT. Particularly, in regional hospitals, surgeons engage in general surgery on a daily basis and also deal with ACS. For these surgeons, OFF-JT is vital to compensate for the lack of OJT experience. Cadaver training is a key component of surgical training overseas. In Japan, the “Guidelines for Cadaver Dissection in Education and Research of Clinical Medicine” were publicly released in 2012 and authorized cadaver training. In this paper, we examine the current status of cadaver training as well as the contents of the new guidelines and provide future perspectives on surgical training in Japan.

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