Training in Basic Surgical Skills: Need of the Hour.

Abstract

One of the major components of medical education is training individuals in various skills related to health care. Training directly on patients has its challenges due to limited opportunities, concerns for patient safety and reluctance of patients. Clinical Skills Laboratory providesa stress-free environment for learning and honing skills under direct supervision. Surgery is predominantly a craft-based branch of medicineandundergraduatemedicalstudentshaveverylittleexposure to it. With an objective of improving basic surgical skills and improving the competency, a short-term training programme in the form of a workshop was planned, executed in a dedicatedClinical Skills Laboratory for interns postedin the surgical branches.