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ArticleJournal of hand and microsurgery2021

Description and Validation of an Innovative and Effective Hand-Shaped Suture-Training Model for Medical Students.

Apostolos Fyllos, Aristeidis Zibis, Zoe H Dailiana

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Article in Journal of hand and microsurgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Apostolos FyllosDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Aristeidis ZibisDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Zoe H DailianaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1384-2074
University of Thessaly · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During medical education, medical students are often frustrated by difficulties in translating theoretical anatomical knowledge and basic surgical skills (suturing, tissue and instrument handling, and local anesthetic administration) into practice. A common etiological factor for this difficulty, among others, is lack of a low-cost and easy-to-assemble low fidelity suturing model. The purpose of this study is the demonstration of a validated, practical, inexpensive, hand-shaped anatomy training model. It is addressed to medical students and graduates that wish to get acquainted with neurovascular anatomy of the hand and improve their basic surgical skills. The model requires only two latex gloves, cotton, and two different color markers per trainee to draw the course of large nerve and vessels. Construction requires less than 15 minutes. For validation, 80 students participated as volunteers in the demonstration course. They evaluated course usefulness and their own confidence after the course. According to the 5-point Likert scale, the participants' confidence increased in a statistically significant way (

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affordableeducationhand anatomyhand-shaped modelsurgical skillsuture trainingteaching materialstraining model

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PMID34511837
PMCPMC8426050
OpenAlexW3112058547

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