Re-educating the surgical culture, is it possible?

Imogen Sharkey Ochoa; Michael Okorie

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Re-educating the surgical culture, is it possible?

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Imogen Sharkey Ochoa Brighton and Sussex Medical School https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5800-7705
Michael Okorie Brighton and Sussex Medical School

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Imogen Sharkey Ochoa, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Dr Sharkey Ochoa is a physician currently working emergency medicine with a doctorate in cancer epidemiology and public health. She is on the Specialised Foundation Program training pathway in which she conducts Medical Education research focussing on the evaluation of e-prescribing training tools for medical students. In addition to working clinically, she teaches clinical year 5 medical students.

Michael Okorie, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Professor Okorie is a world-renowned internal medicine and hypertension specialist who leads the Department of Medical Education at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. In addition to working clinically, he pioneers research in Medical Education, particularly pertaining to modernising prescribing and pharmacology teaching and supervising foundation doctors. He also designs and teaches curriculum for medical students from years 1 to 5.

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2025-11-26

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Sharkey Ochoa I, Okorie M. Re-educating the surgical culture, is it possible?. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2025 Nov. 26 [cited 2025 Dec. 4];. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/82069

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