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Redefining Surgical Skill Acquisition

In: Medical Education for the 21st Century

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  • Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
  • Norana Abdul Rahman
  • Chaoyan Dong
  • Hannah Jia Hui Ng

Abstract

There have been reduced opportunities for surgical skill acquisition due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the regulated training hours. Despite these challenges, self-regulated learning allows trainees to learn continuously, and motor skills development can be augmented through mental practice and motor imagery. The aim of this chapter is to introduce the theoretical concepts in skill acquisition and the role of mental and deliberate practice as an alternative for skill training. A case study is presented using a design and development framework for producing an online basic micro suturing training resource based on self-regulated learning. This case study demonstrates the use of the ADDIE instructional design model and Mayer's multimedia theory guidelines, for creating online instructional resources. The methodological approach of a design and developmental framework to create an educationally sound online training module for micro suturing which has significant utility in hand surgery is discussed in this chapter. The tools described in this chapter are translatable to any psychomotor skills development in medical education.

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  • Vaikunthan Rajaratnam & Norana Abdul Rahman & Chaoyan Dong & Hannah Jia Hui Ng, 2022. "Redefining Surgical Skill Acquisition," Chapters, in: Michael S. Firstenberg & Stanislaw P. Stawicki (ed.), Medical Education for the 21st Century, IntechOpen.
  • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:241975
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.99408
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    Keywords

    micro suturing; mental script; mental practice; motor imagery; deliberate practice;
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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