Open AccessMastering surgical skills through simulation-based learning: Practice makes one perfect
Author(s) -
Niti Khunger,
Sushruta Kathuria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.178540
Subject(s) - medicine , operator (biology) , medical education , human–computer interaction , simulation , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene
Simulation-based learning in surgery is a learning model where an environment similar to real life surgical situation is created for the trainee to learn various surgical skills. It can be used to train a new operator as well to assess his skills. This methodology helps in repetitive practice of surgical skills on nonliving things so that the operator can be near-perfect when operating on a live patient. Various models are available for learning different dermatosurgery skills.