==== Microsurgery simulation training system and set up: An essential system to complement every training programme ====

Source:
Masud, D., Haram, N., Moustaki, M., Chow, W., Saour, S., & Mohanna, P. N. (2017). Microsurgery simulation training system and set up: An essential system to complement every training programme. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 70, 893–900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2017.03.009

SAMs 3 month programme
- didactic teaching
- chicken femoral artery - SAMS scoring
- 60 points

Structured programme
- 12 weeks
- weekly progress
- 4 step progress: needle dexterity, economy of movement, operative flow, operative judgement
- uses models that are easy to produce
- chicken thigh - end to end, end to side, then discrepancy
- patency check using blackberry juice

Self training
- at least 1 hour a week
- take break after each hour

Too many different things - why not just a simple model
- discrepancy, arteriotomy

Comments:
- no spread of results

Points:
- Regular training helps --> score is better
- but final assessment also on chicken thigh -- ? transfer of skills