Denadai R, Toledo AP, and Martinhão Souto LR. Basic Plastic Surgery Skills Training Program on Inanimate Bench Models during Medical Graduation. Plast Surg Int.2012;2012:65186.Epub 2012 Dec 30.

PMID: 23326659

Abstract

Due to ethical and medical-legal drawbacks, high costs, and difficulties of accessibility that are inherent to the practice of basic surgical skills on living patients, fresh human cadaver, and live animals, the search for alternative forms of training is needed. In this study, the teaching and learning process of basic surgical skills pertinent to plastic surgery during medical education on different inanimate bench models as a form of alternative and complementary training to the teaching programs already established is proposed.