Improving surgical practice - a systematic review of effective education strategies to improve surgical technical skills in operative procedures

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: a)To determine the effectiveness of educational interventions to improve surgeon technical performance and patient health outcomes. b)To examine whether there is any difference in the effectiveness of training programs for different characteristics such as level of training, surgical specialty, surgical techniques (open and minimally invasive surgery) and clinical setting.