Keywords
Healthcare Education
Abstract
Teaching suturing skills to medical students is a critical component of their education. Implementing suturing into a comprehensive framework is developed from how professors teach the skill. Suturing is a required skill by the General Medical Council that all medical students must have, and how it is being introduced to new students is changing. This review aimed to summarize different educational interventions and determine the most efficient and cost-effective way to teach future suturing skills. The original systematic review included 25 articles in the final data synthesis. Fourteen studies were randomized control trials, six were quasi-experimental, and five were observational. Thirteen of the studies used instructor-directed teaching, seven were self-directed training, and five used a combination of both instructor-directed and self-directed. Articles were not considered for this review if they had recruitment of non-undergraduate trainees, lack of measurement of skill acquittance compared to a control or prevention base performance, and evaluation of skills other than suturing. Current teaching methods of suturing are different in timing, the level of the instructor, how the content is delivered, and the local resources available to the university or college. All these factors influence the quality of learning how to suture. Healthcare professionals such as physician assistants, athletic trainers, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners can all benefit from the enhancement of suturing education across the board.
Recommended Citation
Webb, Morgan K.; Heim, Brett T.; Ritchey, Allyson E.; Moore, Kenya; and Winkelmann, Zachary K.
(2025)
"Suturing Education for Athletic Trainers: An Evidence-to-Practice Review,"
Clinical Practice in Athletic Training: Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/clinat/vol8/iss2/8
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