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The purpose of this study was to replicate and improve a previous study on the teaching effectiveness of surgery at Caldas University School of Medicine, measured by the students' increase in knowledge after instruction relative to that before instruction. A 100-item questionnaire of the true-false type was used. There were materially and statistically significant increases in the students' post-instruction knowledge. The same questionnaire was also applied to the surgery residents, who showed a level of knowledge materially and statistically higher than that of the undergraduate students but lower than 50% of the "true" knowledge. This study shows the importance of evaluating surgical students' knowledge before and after instruction.

Alberto Gómez, Jefe, Departamento de cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

Jefe, Departamento de cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

Helí Alzate, Profesor Titular, Centro de Educación Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

Profesor Titular, Centro de Educación Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

Gómez, A., & Alzate, H. (1990). Effectiveness of undergraduate surgical teaching. Colombia Medica, 21(2), 67–69. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v21i2.6299

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