Table 2.
Proposed training time in this basic plastic surgery training program.
| Training time (h) per week | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning goals | First day | Second to sixth day | Seventh day | Total number of weeks** | |
| Verbal teaching based on theoretical materials | Training on BM in the classroom (process feedback) |
Training on BM outside the classroom* | Training on BM after practice outside the classroom (outcome feedback) |
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| Surgical knots | 1 | 1 | Variable | 1 | 2 |
| Incision and suture techniques | 1 | 2 | Variable | 2 | 2 |
| Biopsy techniques | 1 | 3 | Variable | 3 | 3≈ |
| Skin grafts | 1 | 3 | Variable | 3 | 3¥ |
| Surgical flaps | 1 | 4 | Variable | 4 | 5o |
| Management of cutaneous lesions | 2 | 4 | Variable | 4 | 4# |
h: hour; BM: bench models; *each medical student must train repeatedly for as long as you feel necessary; instructor's role is to encourage this practice outside the classroom; **one week for introduction of the subject in each of the six skills; ≈one week for incisional biopsies (without safety margins) and one for excisional biopsies (safety margins); ¥one week for the handling of the surgical instruments for the preparation of graft (donor area) and one for graft placement on recipient area; oone week for each type of flap (transposition, rotation, advancement, and island flaps); #one week for each proposed cutaneous lesion (lipomas/epidermoid cysts, necrotic wounds, and non-melanoma skin cancer).