VIRTUAL TEACHING OF SURGICAL SUTURES FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Cornejo-Carrasco C.E. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2022) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v22i3.4269

Resumen

Introduction: Education in suture surgical procedures is essential and has been a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To determine the level of development of the technical skills of the medical student in performing surgical sutures through the virtual teaching model. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive and longitudinal study was carried out that evaluated the skills achieved by 24 fifth-year medical students with no previous knowledge of surgery to perform surgical sutures (simple and cruciate stitch) through virtual teaching of the course of operative technique (virtual classrooms, synchronous videoconferences, inanimate, and ex vivo and telementoring). Results: Concerning the simple point, there was a significant improvement in the OSATS guidelines (objective structured assessment of technical skills) from 6±0.28 to 28±2.6 as well as the completed suture rubric from 5±0.28 to 24±1.5 and a decrease in time to perform the suture from 44±13 seconds to 33±9 seconds, at the end of the course (p<0.001). In relation to the cruciate-stitch, a significant improvement was found in the OSATS score from 6±0.28 to 27±2, as well as in the completed suture from 5±0.28 to 24±1.7 and a decrease in the time in performing of suture from 66±21 seconds to 56±11 seconds, in favor of the post-test (p<0.001). Conclusions: There is an adequate development of skills of medical students to perform the simple and cruciate points through the proposed virtual teaching model.

Instituciones: Universidad Ricardo Palma