Table 1 Overview of the course content and timetable (over the period of one semester)
Sessions (on a weekly basis) | Content | Materials required surgical equipment & suture material + |
|---|---|---|
1 | Introduction, timetable, theoretical and practical basics (handling of surgical equipment) | - |
2 | Clinical Examination I (CE): Single button suture & horizontal mattress suture | banana, pork belly |
Self-evaluation I (questionnaire) | ||
3 | Repetition theoretical and practical basics & Single button suture | banana |
4 | Repetition single button suture & Continuous sutures | banana |
5 | Repetition continuous sutures & Horizontal and vertical mattress suture | banana, pork belly |
6 | Repetition mattress sutures & Z-plasty (30 and 60 degree) | pork belly |
7 | Repetition Z-plasty (60 degree) & Kite Flap | pork belly |
8 | Repetition Z-plasty (30 degree) & H-Flap | pork belly |
9 | Repetition H-Flap & Full thickness skin graft (incl. thinning) | pork belly, chicken thighs |
10 | Free mucosal transplant & Tooth extraction (treatment under anticoagulation therapy) | pig head (half) |
11 | Repetition tooth extraction (treatment under anticoagulation therapy) & Mucoperiosteal Flap | pig head (half) |
12 | Repetition full thickness skin graft (incl. thinning) & Defect covering (suturing on pork belly) | pork belly, chicken thighs |
13 | Clinical Examination II (CE): Tooth extraction & Mucoperiosteal Flap | pig head (half) |
Self-evaluation II (questionnaire) & Course evaluation | ||