An 11 module on-line course: teaching basic instrument handling, knot tying, a wide variety of suturing techniques and much more.
The course closely follows the Intercollegiate Surgical Skills Program and incorporates recognized best practice techniques.
Over 300 videos and 40 practical online tutorials are included, with techniques clearly explained using a mix of skin pad video footage, clinical videos and animation.
Ideal for medical students wanting to pursue a surgical career, foundation students, surgical trainees, nurse practitioners and doctors training in emergency medicine.
Course Editor & Contributing Author: Professor Jonathan Beard FRCS ChM MEd Consultant Author: Professor Roger Kneebone PhD FRCS FRCSEd FRCGP
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Overview
Unlimited access
Explanatory videos use computer graphics for clarity
Demonstration videos use clinical footage
Practical videos use Limbs & Things products from the kit
Institutional Multi-user and trainer licences are also available - please contact Customer Service for details
Realism
Videos include real clinical footage
Versatility
Allows you to learn at your own speed, in your own time
Skills Gained
Modules
Handling of instruments
Needles and sutures
Knot tying
Incision of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Suturing techniques
Suture aftercare
Patient management and consent
Scrubbing, gowning and gloving
Cleaning a wound
Local anesthesia
Other methods of wound closure
Evidence
The impact of a surgical boot camp on early acquisition of technical and nontechnical skills
Leonie Heskin, F.R.C.S.I., M.Sc.*, Ehab Mansour, F.R.C.S.I., Brian Lane, F.R.C.S.I., Dara Kavanagh, F.R.C.S.I., M.Ch., Pat Dicker, M.Sc., Donncha Ryan, B.Sc., Kate Gildea-Byrne, B.A., Teresa Pawlikowska, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., Ph.D., Sean Tierney, F.R.C.S.I., M.Ch., Oscar Traynor, F.R.C.S.I., M.Ch.
References
AAFP Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents, Urgent and Emergent Care, Reprint No. 285, 2016, p.9
6. Other Skills
a. Repair of skin lacerations (including plastic closure)
b. Management of wounds
ACGME General Surgery Milestones, July 2015, p.8: ... basic surgical skills such as ... knot tying, simple suturing, suture removal, administration of local anesthetic, universal precautions, and aseptic technique
AAMC Recommendations for Clinical Skills Curricula for Undergraduate Medical Education (2005, p. 30): Removing sutures and staples; Suturing technique; Surgical knot-tying; Incision & drainage technique; General wound care technique; Wound debridement, simple
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care And Primary Care NP Competencies 2016, p.42 Primary care practice skills which includes, but is not limited to:
• Wound debridement
• Suturing
ACGME Obstetrics and Gynecology Milestones, Version 09/2013, Patient Care, p.6
Demonstrates basic surgical skills, including:
knot tying
simple suturing
suture and staple removal
CPMEC Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors version 3.1, 2012, p.31
...provide safe treatment to patients through competently performing certain procedures...
Surgical knots and simple suture insertion
RACGP Curriculum for Australian General Practice 2016, CS2.2.5 Appropriate procedures, p.39
suturing
RANZCOG Curriculum, 3rd Ed. (2015) B.3.2 Intra-operative p.66. Correctly use and care for instruments, equipment and suture material
Health Workforce Australia Medical Graduate Competency Framework Stage 2 Final Report, August 2012 Appendix C Simple wound repair including skin suture
Practical Skills and Procedures, General Medical Council, April 2019, p.6
Therapeutic Procedures
21 Carry out wound care and basic wound closure and dressing. Provide basic care of surgical or traumatic wounds and apply dressings appropriately.
The Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum, General Surgery, Jul 2013. Module 3 Basic Surgical Skills p 48:
To handle surgical instruments safely
To handle tissues safely
To incise and close superficial tissues accurately
To tie secure knots
Foundation Programme Curriculum 2012, updated for 2014 p. 51: under supervision perform procedures ... when and if attached to that specialty, for example ...skin suturing in emergency medicine or surgery
Competence and Curriculum Framework for the Physician Assistant 2012 p.16
2.4.8 Skin - Undertake simple skin suturing
