#SURGERY KNOT TYING KIT FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS SIMULATOR#
The student participants were instructed to watch it prior to the live session, to facilitate learning.Īt the November 18 session, after a brief introduction, Brahmandam used the endovascular simulator to demonstrate how an EVAR is performed. In advance of the session, fourth-year YSM student Kirthi Bellamkonda, last year’s VESIG group leader, who is currently applying for vascular surgery residencies, prepared a video demonstration of the knot tying and suturing skills that the faculty were planning on teaching in the session. (The YSM Student Affairs Office had offered to help with funding, but that ended up not being necessary because of the attendings’ donation.) Gardezi packaged the suturing kits and distributed them in a COVID-safe manner to students who committed to attending.Ĭhaar says they also worked with industry partners from Medtronic, who generously provided an endovascular simulator, so that the instructors could demonstrate how an endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (EVAR) is performed.
This potential barrier was overcome by the generosity of the vascular surgery attendings, who donated suturing materials, including Castroviejos, prolene sutures, and penrose drains, for up to 60 students to participate.
To replicate that, we realized that we needed to provide all participating students a kit with instruments, suture material, and graft material.” We wanted the students to be able to tie surgical knots, handle Castroviejo needle holders, and perform a vascular repair. Chaar states, “this was our first time to do a virtual simulation session and it was challenging.”īrahmandam explains, “the biggest hurdle, was to try to replicate the ‘in-person’ experience through a virtual platform. Because this had never been done before, Chan says the team did quite a bit of planning and brainstorming about what would be the most effective way to do this. Chan says Chaar then suggested doing it virtually. She describes how these in-person sessions, focused on skills that are important for surgical clerkships, often “are the only times medical students can work with residents and attendings to learn suturing and knot tying skills before they hit the wards.”Ĭhan, Gardezi, Chaar, and Brahmandam briefly considered a hybrid in-person/virtual session, but quickly realized that also would not be feasible. Second-year YSM students Shin Mei Chan and Mursal Gardezi, the leaders of the YSM Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Interest Group (VESIG), partnered with VESIG’s faculty mentor, Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular) Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, RPVI, and Vascular Surgery Resident Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, to organize this event.Ĭhan explains why finding a way to hold the event, despite the pandemic, was so important. The twist on this traditional fall simulation and skill building session to spark students’ interest in vascular surgery and prepare them for clinical rotations was that it was completely virtual, due to COVID-19 restrictions. All tools are made from high grade surgical stainless steel used by medical professionals.On the evening of November 18, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) faculty and residents from the Division of Vascular Surgery guided over 50 YSM students as they practiced knot-tying and suturing. The kit contains all the necessary tools for suturing and suture removal. With advanced suturing techniques and knot tying methods simple, continuous, mattress and sub-cuticular stitches can be done. Medical Tools comprehensive 7 pcs kit is designed for clinical needs and practical challenges. Sutures are used for deep and gaping wounds it ensures tying layers of tissue together so the damaged wound can start healing. A medical thread and a needle are used to wound closure so that tissue can start healing properly also it reduces the chances of infection. A suture is a surgical procedure for closing a wound.
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