Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Evaluation of the Educational Efficacy of a Cadaver-based Model for Teaching a Simple Suture Technique to Medical Students

임상실습과정 의과대학생을 대상으로 카데바 모델을 이용한 단순 봉합술 교육의 효율성

  • Do, Hyun Soo (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Min, Jin Hong (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hong, Seung Woo (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Han, Sang Kyoon (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, In Soo (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Ryu, Seung (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Jin Woong (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Seung Whan (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yoo, In Sool (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • 도현수 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 민진홍 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 홍승우 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 한상균 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 김인수 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 유승 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 이진웅 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 김승환 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 유인술 (충남대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실)
  • Received : 2006.09.20
  • Accepted : 2006.11.22
  • Published : 2006.12.30
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Abstract

Purpose: There is ongoing demand to deliver better procedural training to medical students in the emergency department. Thus, we studied the efficacy of a cadaver-based training model for teaching simple suture techniques to medical students. Methods: We investigated ten fourth-year medical students, who were rounding and being trained in the Emergency Department of Chungnam National University Hospital. They were educated with slides about a simple suture technique for 30 minutes to evaluate the efficacy of the cadaver-based training model. We prospectively measured their skill by administering a test on the cadaver-based simple suture technique in 3cm sized linar wound separately to each of them. Results: A total of ten fourth-year medical students completed the investigation. The tension, the direction of suture, the degree of cleanness, the number of sutures, the adequacy of the cutting thread length, and the suturing time in the first attempt were compared with those in the second one. The second results were compared with those in the third one, and the third results were compared with those in the fourth one. All the results had statistical significance. Conclusion: These findings support the value of the cadaver-based simple suture technique training model as a medical student teaching model. The cadaver-based simple suture technique teaching model is a good way of teaching several medical skills to medical students.

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