Early and prolonged opportunities to practice suturing increases medical student comfort with suturing during clerkships: Suturing during cadaver dissection
Manning EP, Mishall PL, Weidmann MD, Flax H, Lan S, Erlich M, Burton WB, Olson TR, Downie SA. Early and prolonged opportunities to practice suturing increases medical student comfort with suturing during clerkships: Suturing during cadaver dissection. Anatomical Sciences Education 2018, 11: 605-612. PMID: 29603672, PMCID: PMC6165707, DOI: 10.1002/ase.1785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThird-year clerkshipMedical studentsStudent confidenceFirst-year medical studentsMedical student comfortProlonged opportunityLack of instructionAnatomy dissection laboratoryStudent behaviorStudents' attitudesStudent comfortDissection laboratoryProcedural skillsStudentsClerkshipFirst-time exposureProlonged introductionPatient interactionsCadaver dissectionLow-stress environmentConfidenceOpportunitiesInstructionSkillsAttitudes