A study of teaching methods involved in teaching common basic surgical skills

Abstract

Despite the fact that the benefits of skills lab training are well known, there is a dearth of data on the effectiveness of the training over a longer period of time. As a result, we decided to conduct a prospective, randomised controlled trial to investigate whether or not students who were taught according to a "best practise" model (BPSL) performed one skill of different suturing in a simulated setting better than students who were taught with a traditional "see one, do one" teaching approach (TRAD), with a follow-up period of either three or six months.