Background The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to medical
education, particularly for procedural and surgical skills, which inherently require face-to …

Background This study investigated the perceptions and performance of medical students
regarding their engagement and learning of a knot-tying skill presented in an online …

Aims: To try to improve the teaching of basic surgical skills, we developed an e-textbook and
employed a novel pedagogy (the reverse classroom) and compared this to traditional …

Introduction Clinical simulators are an important resource for medical students seeking to
improve their fundamental surgical skills. Three-dimensional (3-D) printing offers an …

Background: Many senior medical students lack simple surgical and procedural skills such
as knot tying. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether viewing a Web …

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has changed medical education from offline courses to
online formats. Nowadays, offline skill demonstration lessons becomes unfeasible. This …

Abstract Background Three‐dimensional (3‐D) printing offers an innovative option to
produce clinical simulators because of its low production costs and widespread availability …

Introduction The purpose of this resource is to introduce surgical instructors to a better way
of teaching the basic surgical skill of knot tying and to provide quality materials for trainees to …

Methods Sixty participants were randomized into 1 of 2 groups: a control group, with access
to only the knot-tying station, and a test group, with access to the knot-tying station plus the …

Background Knot tying is a fundamental and crucial surgical skill. We developed a
kinesthetic pedagogical approach that increases precision and economy of motion by …