Inclusion

Exclusion

Population

Surgeons in training (i.e. postgraduate surgical residents or equivalent)

Did not include medical students or programme directors

Intervention

Patients undergoing tendon transfer/basic science papers on surgical technique tendon transfer, commentary on donor tendons used patient selection, surgical approaches as well as a clear review of the advantages and disadvantages of the techniques advocated

Lacking surgical context

Environment

Accessible to trainees either in hospital, online or in a clinical workshop in an education centre or simulator

External course

Outcomes

Reported on outcomes related to tendon transfer

Described only assessment tools or definitions of professionalism

Design

Reviews, randomised trials, and single cases

Did not report empirical data

Not in English

Published

Papers published between 1990 to February 2021 initially and the search was repeated on October 2021

Published before 1990