title: Skills training using multimedia and models.
abstract: All doctors need basic surgical skills. Learning and retaining such skills requires repeated practice. This article describes structured training provided by a multimedia computer program combined with practice on simulated tissue models.
authors.affiliation: Lovemead Group Practice, Polebarn Circus, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 7EG.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kneebone
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D019212:Multimedia; D013536:Suture Techniques