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CompletedNCT04689334Updated Dec 31, 2020

General Surgery Residency Training in Low Income Countries

An observational study in Global Surgery, sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-31.

Sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
14
Sex
All
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Study summary

The general surgery residency program was initiated in 2013 between Istanbul Medeniyet University and Benadir University. A formal training program was established that covered 3-year theoretical and practical training that would form the structure of academic, clinical and technical criteria by evaluating all the requirements of the surgical residency training. A resident logbook was prepared to track exam results, practices, knowledge and skill status that the residents achieved in the training process. Candidates who graduated from medical school and were successful in the multiple-choice exam consisting of basic and clinical sciences were accepted to the program each year in different numbers according to the capacity. From the initiation, 16 surgeons -9 in 2016, 3 in 2017 and 4 in 2018- graduated from the program. This study was designed after the last resident group graduated and worked as an attending surgeon at least for a year.

Read the detailed description

The data were collected from graduates who were working as surgeons in Somalia to reveal the features and numbers of elective, emergency, trauma, and non-general surgical interventions performed in a month. A questionnaire consisting of pathology, type and numbers of interventions performed in one month by graduate surgeons (GS), including general surgery and other specialties, was prepared.

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Conditions studied

  • Global Surgery
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In context

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Medeniyet University is the lead sponsor of 188 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

14 general surgeon who completed the program

Inclusion criteria

  1. surgeons who completed program
  2. surgerons who currently working as an attending physician in Somalia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. surgeons who has not completed program
  2. surgeons who did not completed the questionare
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
14 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
1 Month
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • OtherOutcome

    The number of surgeries

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. number of surgical interventions in one month

    quantitative

    Time frame: 1 month

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Study locations

1 site
  • Istanbul Medeniyet University
    Istanbul, Kadikoy 34722, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 31, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04689334
Lead sponsor
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Responsible party
Nuray COLAPKULU (MD, Istanbul Medeniyet University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 30, 2020
Start date
Dec 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2019
Completion
Jan 31, 2019
Last update
Dec 31, 2020

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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