Review Article

Team Training (Training at Own Facility) versus Individual Surgeon’s Training (Training at Trainer’s Facility) When Implementing a New Surgical Technique: Example from the ONSTEP Inguinal Hernia Repair

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In scenario (a), the trainee visits the trainer. The trainee has to answer all the questions and work with the skepticism from his department/staff when he gets back to his own workplace. In scenario (b), the situation is different because the trainer is present at the trainees department where he/she can answer questions, thus relieving the trainee and allowing him/her to focus on the technique.
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