Introduction: Studies have demonstrated suboptimal resident exposure to anorectal pathology. A workshop was developed at an academic general surgery residency. This study assesses durability of learning from the workshop. Methods: Thirty-six residents participated in a skills laboratory addressing diagnosis and management of anorectal complaints. The skills laboratory was broken into didactic and hand-on skills stations. Residents completed pre-, post-and 6-mo after workshop assessments to evaluate knowledge and confidence. Knowledge and confidence-based scores pre-, post-and 6-mo after workshop were compared. Results: Scores demonstrated retention of information. Knowledge-based question median scores improved from 63.2% pre-workshop to 73.7% post-workshop and 76.3% at 6 mo (P = 0.0005). Median confidence scores improved from 31 pre-workshop to 40 post workshop, and were stable at 6 mo (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: Knowledge and confidence gained from an anorectal skills workshop was stable or improved at 6 mo. These results suggest that an anorectal curriculum is effective at improving general surgery resident background knowledge and confidence when managing anorectal complaints. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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