ArticleMedical education online2024
Self-assessment, and not continuous training, improves basic open suturing skills.
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- Under forty hours of laboratory training may be sufficient for teaching basic microsurgical skills to novices.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Article
- Optimizing skill acquisition: the role of self-assessment during a continuous training program for laparoscopic suturing.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo develop and maintain suturing skills, clinical exposure is important. When clinical exposure cannot be guaranteed, an adequate training schedule for suturing skills is required. This study evaluates the effect of continuous training, 'reflection before practice' and self-assessment on basic open suturing skills.
methodsMedical students performed four basic suturing tasks on a simulation set up before ('pre-test') and after their surgical rotation ('after-test'). Participants were divided in three groups; the 'clinical exposure group' (
resultsA significantly better composite score was found at the after-test compared to the pre-test for all groups for all basic suturing tasks (0.001 ≤
conclusionReflection before practice and self-assessment during continuous training of basic open suturing tasks, may improve surgical skills at the start of the learning curve.
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