Histological Margin Assessment for Screen-Detected Breast Cancer
Richard White, Maher Jumah, W. Ismail, Debasish Debnath · International Journal of Surgery · 2010
model in the workplace environment has been reported comprising the deep, surface rational and surface disorganised approaches.Methods: We developed a 30 item inventory.These were distributed to SpRs in each Neurosurgical unit in the UK.Data was analysed using SPSS.Principal component extraction was used to examine the underlying factor structure.Reliability was assessed using Cronbach a.Results: There was a 37.5% response rate.3 factor solution similar to workplace approaches was found This analysis retained 15 items.Cronbach's alpha reliability score for the revised 15 item learning approaches inventory ranged from 0.65 for deep to 0.79 for surface rational.Mean score of learning approaches (out of 5) for all trainees in the study were 4.05 for deep, 3.22 for surface rational and 2.85 for surface disorganised.Possession of a higher degree did not alter learning approach.Completion of the exit exam yielded a higher score on deep approach.Conclusions: This study validated a 15 item learning inventory.Findings from this study support the workplace model of learning approaches.Neurosurgical registrars in the UK utilise a deep approach to learning.