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John Tarpley, MD; Margaret Tarpley, MLS

Arch Surg. 2006;141:417.

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The Web-based BeST Resident display at the 2003 Surgical Education Week favorably impressed me until I calculated the cost for our 45 categorical residents at Vanderbilt. Surgery education conferences push investment in simulators, skills laboratories, and software products. Thus, I was relieved by the results of the Massachusetts General Hospital experience with this "educational solution" for new resident duty hours because of personal reservations that Web-based educational products are a magic bullet.

With 9 residents comprising the key finding of this study and only 19 total subjects, the sample size is small and underpowered. The authors openly admit this shortcoming. A low usage level was noted, in part because of other options such as the technologically challenged textbook. Sadly, the resident who gave it the best effort lost ground in personal ABSITE results.

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