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Michael Fitzpatrick

JAMA. 2000;284:821.

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Dublin—Ireland's leading school for surgery has joined with an electronic-learning specialist to provide what they claim is the world's first online surgical training program.

Trainee surgeons may now access BeST (electronic Basic Surgical Training), an interactive virtual university created by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the Web technology company Intuition.

BeST offers easily accessible visual and interactive learning, tutorials, and tests, according to the RCSI. Lessons learned over the Internet can then be applied to lifelike scenarios, using simulations and realistic case studies.

Simulated examinations are also offered online in preparation for the real examinations for membership or associate fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland or the United Kingdom. Feedback from tutors via e-mail is available, as is the RCSI's electronic library, to all subscribers to the course.Online discussions through an RCSI–moderated bulletin board with other physicians worldwide is another . . . [Full Text of this Article]