Study title

Graduating Physicians' Experiences of Surgical Procedures 2006

Dataset ID Number

FSD2372

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2372

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Helenius, Ilkka (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS))
• Niemi-Murola, Leila (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Medicine)
• Remes, Ville (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS))
• Turunen, Juha Pekka (Finnish Medical Society Duodecim)

Abstract

In this survey conducted in 2006, final year medical students were sent an electronic questionnaire measuring their skills in 28 basic surgical procedures. The present study was a follow-up to the 1997 survey, and its aim was to assess how the training of surgical procedure skills had developed during eight years.

For each surgical procedure, the respondents indicated whether they had the necessary theoretical knowledge of it, whether they had ever successfully performed it, whether they had performed it alone, where they had performed it for the first time, and how many times they had performed it. They were also asked questions about working. Finally, their views were charted on medical teaching and on developing it.

Background variables included the respondent's university, first year of studies, age (categorised), gender, and whether R had studied medicine abroad.

Keywords

higher education institutions; medical sciences; physicians; practice; surgery; theory; undergraduates

Topic Classification

• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Medication and treatment (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Helenius, Ilkka (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS))
• Niemi-Murola, Leila (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Medicine)
• Remes, Ville (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS))
• Turunen, Juha Pekka (Finnish Medical Society Duodecim)

Time Period Covered

1998 – 2006

Collection Dates

2006

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Graduating medical students in Finnish universities in 2006

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The electronic questionnaire was sent to all graduating students in all five Faculties of Medicine in Finland (N=448) in January 2006.

Three reminders were sent. The response rate in Helsinki was 73.0%, in Turku 69.6%, in Tampere 63.0%, in Kuopio 64.4, and in Oulu 67.1%. Hence, the total response rate was 67.9% (304/448).

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: E-mail

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

67.8

Data File Language

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Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, open-ended variable bv1_11b regarding research specialisation field was removed, and variables bv1_4 (age) and bv1_2 (year of starting studies) were categorised.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Helenius, Ilkka (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)) & Niemi-Murola, Leila (University of Helsinki) & Remes, Ville (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)) & Turunen, Juha Pekka (Finnish Medical Society Duodecim): Graduating Physicians' Experiences of Surgical Procedures 2006 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2019-01-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2372

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Related Materials

Niemi-Murola, Leila & Remes, Ville & Turunen, Juha Pekka & Harjula, Ari & Helenius, Ilkka (2008). Valmistuvat lääketieteen opiskelijat vailla toimenpidetaitoja. Suomen Lääkärilehti 63/2008, 297-301.

Related Publications

Niemi-Murola, Leila & Remes, Ville & Turunen, Juha Pekka & Harjula, Ari & Helenius, Ilkka (2008). Valmistuvat lääketieteen opiskelijat vailla toimenpidetaitoja. Suomen Lääkärilehti 63/2008, 297-301.