Those with the highest tertile of trainee out-degree had the highest reports of informational exchange.
As presented in Table 3, we found that at year 1, trainee out-degree was positively associated with informational exchange, χ 1, N = 23) = 123.61, p < 0.01.
We did not find a statistically significant relationship between trainee out-degree and functional exchange, χ 1, N = 23) = 26.11, p > 0.05.
We found increased variation in trainee out-degree and trainee in-degree values at year 1 compared with the beginning of the program, suggesting that the network became more centralized, or more centred on a subset of individuals.
We found that trainee out-degree (the number of connections reported by the trainee regarding other trainees) increased from 1.0 to 3.0 connections in the first year of the program, which was not a statistically significant increase.
But what skills should each trainee seek out and develop?
"Not like that; totally wrong," he tells a trainee, pointing out in passing that his belt is too long, and the creases on his polo shirt are insufficiently sharp.
Toward this end, the program provides training in some of the principles of state-of-the-art basic, clinical and translational research through active participation in a journal club, by providing for attendance at a national meeting, and by having the trainee carry out at least one significant clinically-oriented research project during their year of clinical training.
If a trainee carries out the surgery she/he is being guided through the surgery by the surgeon (depending on education level of the trainee) and is expected to announce her/his further steps.
If, for what ever reason, the training provider goes bankrupt, they will kick all of the trainee's out with no refund.
