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- Title
Microsurgical training course for clinicians and scientists: a 10-year experience at the Münster University Hospital.
- Authors
Juratli, Mazen A.; Becker, Felix; Palmes, Daniel; Stöppeler, Sandra; Bahde, Ralf; Kebschull, Linus; Spiegel, Hans-Ullrich; Hölzen, Jens P.
- Abstract
Background: Microsurgical techniques are an important part of clinical and experimental research. Here we present our step-by-step microsurgery training course developed at the Münster University Hospital. The goal of this course was to create a short, modular curriculum with clearly described and easy to follow working steps in accordance with the Guidelines for Training in Surgical Research in Animals by the Academy of Surgical Research. Methods: Over the course of 10 years, we conducted an annual 2.5 day (20 h) microsurgical training course with a total of 120 participants. Results: Prior to the course, 90% of the participants reported to have never performed a microanastomosis before. During the 10 years a total of 84.2% of the participants performed microanastomoses without assistance, 15% required assistance and only 0.8% failed. Conclusions: Our step-by-step microsurgery training course gives a brief overview of the didactic basics and the organization of a microsurgical training course and could serve as a guide for teaching microsurgical skills. During the 2.5-day curriculum, it was possible to teach, and for participants to subsequently perform a microsurgical anastomosis. The independent reproducibility of the learned material after the course is not yet known, therefore further investigations are necessary. With this step-by-step curriculum, we were able to conduct a successful training program, shown by the fact that each participant is able to perform microvascular anastomoses on a reproducible basis.
- Subjects
MEDICAL personnel; UNIVERSITY hospitals; MEDICAL research; TEACHING guides; MICROSURGERY
- Publication
BMC Medical Education, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12909-021-02737-1