Residents' Attitudes About the Introduction of a Surgical Skills Simulation Laboratory

Background: As surgical education programs develop surgical skills laboratories, it will be important to do so in the most efficient, cost-effective manner. Methods: We distributed a brief written survey to all general surgery residents at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics regarding their perceptions of the usefulness of a surgical skills laboratory in training of both open and laparoscopic techniques. For the initial survey, we used...