Abstract

Despite the fact that it is general known that skills lab training has a number of favourable benefits, there is a shortage of evidence on the efficacy of skills lab training over a longer period of time. This is despite the fact that it is common knowledge that skills lab training has beneficial effects. In spite of the fact that the benefits of skills lab training have been the subject of much study and documentation, this continues to be the situation. As a consequence of this, we made the decision to carry out a prospective, randomised controlled trial with a follow-up period of either three or six months to investigate whether or not students who were instructed in accordance with a "best practise" model (BPSL) performed one skill of different suturing in a simulated environment better than students who were instructed in accordance with a traditional "see one, do one" teaching approach (TRAD). The research analysed and contrasted the levels of performance achieved by the two distinct groups.

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