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Item Medical students' perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience in Sri Lanka(Elsevier, 2023) Wijesinghe, K.; Lunuwila, S.; Gamage, H.; Gooneratne, T.; Munasinghe, B.N.L.; Harikrishanth, S.; Nandasena, M.; Perera, N.; Jayarajah, U.OBJECTIVE: The operating room is a unique learning experience that has visual, aural, kinesthetic learning stimuli and provides benefits to the medical students such as development of sound clinical knowledge and skills, and gaining personal insight into ones' career choice. However, this can be a challenging place due to the unfamiliar learning environment. We aimed to study the Sri Lankan Medical students' perception and attitudes on operating theatre learning experience. DESIGN AND SETTING: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among medical students undergoing surgical clinical training on the perspectives of the teaching and learning experience in the operating theatre in Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: Our study group consisted of 390 medical students from four different medical faculties in Sri Lanka representing all levels of surgical clinical rotations. RESULTS: A majority of the students had actively participated in the operating theater. Despite this, the students' clarity of the learning outcomes and expectations in a theatre varied greatly. Majority of the students felt that the surgeons were willingly to teach but also noted that there was no standardization in teaching. This study clearly shows a significant correlation between positive emotions and surgical teams welcoming attitude towards the medical students. Long standing hours were considered a negative emotion by a majority of students. We also observed that theatre environment can be physically and mentally exhausting. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, empathy, feeling welcome and giving breaks to refresh can go a long way in making the learning experience better. Regular feedback to trainers on students' perception of the theatre experience is important to value the students' opinion and improve the quality of the surgical theatre. We strongly recommend initiation of clear induction sessions with introduction of well-structured teaching learning activities in the operating theatre.Item A Novel structure for online surgical undergraduate teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic(BioMed Central., 2020) Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Siriwardana, R.C.; Kumarage, S.K.; Munasinghe, B.N.L.; Weerasuriya, A.; Tillakaratne, S.; Pinto, D.; Gunetilleke, B.; Fernando, F.R.BACKGROUND: The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the delivery of online higher education. Online learning is a novel experience for medical education in Sri Lanka. A novel approach to undergraduate surgical learning was taken up in an attempt to improve the interest amongst the students in clinical practice while maximizing the limited contact time. METHOD: Online learning activity was designed involving medical students from all stages and multi consultant panel discussions. The discussions were designed to cover each topic from basic sciences to high-level clinical management in an attempt to stimulate the student interest in clinical medicine. Online meeting platform with free to use basic plan and a social media platform were used in combination to communicate with the students. The student feedback was periodically assessed for individual topics as well as for general outcome. Lickert scales and numeric scales were used to acquire student agreement on the desired learning outcomes. RESULTS: A total of 1047 student responses for 7 questionnaires were analysed. During a 6-week period, 24 surgical topics were discussed with 51 contact hours. Eighty-seven per cent definitely agreed (highest agreement) with the statement 'students benefitted from the discussions'. Over 95% have either participated for all or most sessions. A majority of the respondents (83.4%) 'definitely agreed' that the discussions helped to improve their clinical sense. Of the total respondents, 79.3% definitely agreed that the discussions helped to build an interest in clinical medicine. Around 90% agreed that both exam-oriented and clinical practice-oriented topics were highly important and relevant. Most widely raised concerns were the poor Internet connectivity and limitation of access to the meeting platform. CONCLUSION: Online teaching with a novel structure is feasible and effective in a resource-limited setting. Students agree that it could improve clinical interest while meeting the expected learning outcomes.Item Pre and post operative assessment of voice changes in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy(The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017) Dissanayake, D.M.C.D.; Fernando, R.; Munasinghe, B.N.L.; Thilakarathne, S.B.; Pinto, D.P.; Uragoda, U.A.