Keele National Suturing Skills Course and Competition for Undergraduate Medical Students

24th March 2018, Keele University


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About the Course


This one-day course, delivered by Keele Surgical Society and Doctors Academy, aims to provide pre-clinical and clinical year medical students with a structured programme to learn basic surgical skills that are common to all surgical fields

The course will use animal tissue to teach participants the basic suturing skills expected from an undergraduate medical student interested.

The course is open to all undergraduate medical students in the United Kingdom.

Medical students will have a great opportunity to participate in a competition during the afternoon. The winner will receive a special certificate and a gift!

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On completion of the course, participants should be able to:

  • Handle commonly used surgical instruments in a safe and effective manner and how to make an incision using surgical instruments
  • Pick up and safely drive a needle through tissue with accurate bite placement
  • Perform a simple interrupted suture, simple buried, simple running/continuous suture, vertical mattress + horizontal mattress to close a wound
  • Participate in a competition with prizes
  • Network with other medical students and receive advice for a career in surgery from local consultants and trainees

Organisers and Tutors

Organising Committee

  • Mr Sandesh Shrestha
  • Mr Dave Manson
  • Miss Caitriona Turnbull
  • Mr Shajahan Aslam
  • Mr Matt Stephenson
  • Mr Francis Osuji
  • Miss Vicky Chatzipavli

Assisting

  • Mr Alex Collingwood
  • Miss Emma Howard
  • Mr Jay Singh
  • Mr Dave Manson
  • Mr Shajahan Aslam
  • Miss Caitriona Turnbull


Skills Tutors

  • Mr Sankaran Narayanan - Consultant Breast Surgeon
  • Mr Soni Soumian - Consultant Breast Surgeon
  • Mr Chadi Ali - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
  • Mr William Kisku - Associate Specialist Plastic Surgeon
  • Mr Andreas Fontalis - Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Mr Nabil Hussein - Speciality Trainee in Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Mr Ghaleb Goussous - Registrar in Vascular Surgery
  • Mr Nikhil Sharma - Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Mr Isaac Kobe - Registrar in Vascular Surgery
  • Dr Vatsal Gupta - Foundation Year Doctor
  • Dr Alex Crighton - Foundation Year Doctor
  • Dr Amarkumar Dhirajlal Rajgor - Foundation Year Doctor

Competition Judges

  • Mr Sriram Rajagopalan - Consultant Vascular Surgeon & Honorary KSS President
  • Mr Isaac Kobe - Registrar in Vascular Surgery
  • Mr Ghaleb Goussous - Registrar in Vascular Surgery
  • Ms Krupali Patel - Registrar in Plastic Surgery
  • Dr Amarkumar Dhirajlal Rajgor - Foundation Year Doctor
  • Dr Alex Crighton - Foundation Year Doctor
  • Mr William Kisku - Associate Specialist Plastic Surgeon
  • Mr Nikolaos Tzerakis - Consultant Neurosurgeon
  • Mr Soni Soumian - Consultant Breast Surgeon
  • Mr Vikranth Viswanathan - Consultant ENT Surgeon
  • Mr Ismail Amir -Consultant Plastic Surgeon
£10.00

40 Places Available. Places will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis and, as such, we are unable to provide a precise closing date

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