Recent survey results suggest that the use of simulation-based training and skills-based assessment is increasing among dermatology residency programs over the use of apprenticeship-based surgical training, according to researchers.

โ€œAdvances in educational theory have encouraged surgical residency programs to shift away from the apprenticeship-based training model and toward a curriculum centered on extended periods of deliberate practice, where individuals repetitively practice defined tasks to improve particular aspects of performance,โ€ Joseph F. Sobanko, MD, director of dermatologic surgery education and assistant professor of dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues wrote. โ€œThis method, coupled with rigorous skills assessment, provides trainees with specific, informative feedback.โ€

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