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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