Cara S.
@TriScalpel
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Royal Navy surgical registrar with an academic interest in simulation. Trains for triathlons in spare time. Trying to reduce social media usage. 🇬🇧/🇸🇪
Joined July 2012
From research papers to blog posts - if you want a straightforward summary of the ethical issues relating to my PhD topic, click here: .
blogs.bmj.com
By Cara Swain ‘Live tissue training’ (or LTT) is a term used to describe the use of living anaesthetised animals for medical education purposes. Within surgical specialties, live animals are used for...
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RT @WomenSurgeonsUK: While it’s fantastic to see that women now make up 50% of the medical register, there is still more we need to do in s….
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I've waited a long time for my second PhD publication to make it into the world! .Proud to present a comprehensive review of the ethics and pro-/contra-arguments regarding live animal training in trauma @JME_BMJ @Klas233 .Thoughts appreciated! #MedEd.
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‘Live tissue training’, using an anaesthetised live animal substituted for a human patient for the practice of surgical skills, is a controversial topic. Although simulator technologies have develo...
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I attended @RNASYeovilton #IWD2025 event this morning and amongst all the fantastic speakers was @fightingsailor. Wonderful to meet you in person after many, many years of exchanging comments on the bird app! Thanks again for your advocacy and allyship over the years #heforshe
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Comments range from: .- All animal training should be replaced by simulators, so your work is pointless.- Animal training for surgery is irreplaceable, so your work is pointless.- Your ethnographic work is only description, not measuring learning outcomes, so is pointless.
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What a great thought. The editorial/reviewer comments I have received on my PhD papers about live animal surgical training are wild - diverse and passionate opinions mean that getting my research out in the world has been a slog!.
Don’t forget: the hardest #MedEd articles to get published are your best articles and your worst articles. It’s obvious why the worst articles are hard to published: they’re just bad. But the best articles are hard to get published because often times you’re saying something
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Very interesting to see how different surgeons code their cases. Bravo on getting this work out in the world @HugoCohen8 @RosieSimson @richbamford81 .#NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow.
Thrilled to get our project on the (lack of) consensus for supervision coding in general surgery over the line and published. Started in 2022 with @RosieSimson , took 4 journals, lots of redrafting and finally accepted in July last year, now online
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Another PhD publication in @JSurgEduc - this time using bibliometrics to explore the scientific literature about live tissue training. We produced a visual map of the data interpretation in collaboration with @will_s_t which deserves a look!.
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Thanks to Will for his graphic design brain for converting my complex Excel data spreadsheet into this beautiful data map! #surgicaleducation #AcademicChatter.
My new graphic, showing several metrics on papers about live tissue training. It was about 4 days work, and I’m always interested in similar commissions. I likely have some availability in the coming months. Dev talk in:. Paper:
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Cultural change required. If you care about this issue, I advise you to not read the comments on this BBC post or your BP will rise unacceptably #notsurprised.
Misogyny, bullying and other unacceptable behaviours took place in the Submarine Service, Royal Navy report finds
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Very proud to have published this alongside @SailorPsych @vkinkaid11 @DrJoKeogh Prof Linda Orr and @DrKate_King . Available to read @MilitaryH_BMJ .. Comments welcomed.
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RT @WeAreTheCity: WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT ⚡️. Meet our 2024 #RisingStars100 Winners in the Defence Category, sponsored by @BAESystemsplc! 💜✨….
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Very proud to be nominated, and also to share this shortlist with another @RoyalNavy doctor @RuthGuest5! Any votes appreciated. @INM_RoyalNavy @DMS_MilMed @DefenceHQ .Read about us here:
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We are proud to announce the top ten shortlisted individuals for the 2024 Defence category. The Rising Star Award shortlist
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT ⚡️. Meet this year's #RisingStars100 Shortlist for our Defence Category, sponsored by @BAESystemsplc! 💜✨. You can show your support by voting today until 20 May 2024 🥳. #7 ·
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Bravo @ASiTofficial. I’ve just found the original publication and can’t quite believe what I just read. #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow right?.
ASiT and the Surgical Specialty Training Organisations have released a joint statement in response to a recently published in The Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons England . What should be the #priorities in delivering surgical care? . Share with us your thoughts. 🔗
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RT @RCSnews: We were delighted to award @AdmTonyRadakin_, the professional head of the UK armed forces, with a honorary fellowship today. H….
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RT @RCSnews: Happy #InternationalWomensDay📷 from RCS England and the women on our Council. There are so many fantastic opportunities for w….
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RT @sim_brick: 15/50. Simulation allows the safe space to learn, and grow, from error. Learning to work well with error (‘fail better’) i….
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Thanks to @SocraticEM for sharing our work on the ICE blog! Very exciting to get the simulation community talking about this #MedEd . Live tissue training for healthcare procedures
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By: Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) ——————————————————————R…
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RT @MilitaryH_BMJ: 💥 Maintaining the Military Surgical Skillset. ▶️ Delivering high-quality military healthcare: ‘no need for fancy subspec….
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