Surgery · hands-on

Suturing & knot tying.

Four stitches, two knots and the judgement to choose between them. Practise on the board here, then on the pad and instruments we send you.

Hands-on sessions
Practise the stitch

Try it on the board.

A working piece of the course. Use it now, no sign-up needed.

Stitch board
Diagram of the selected stitch, from above and in cross-section FROM ABOVE CROSS-SECTION EPIDERMIS DERMIS FAT
On the surfaceBeneath the skin

Syllabus

Six weeks, one pad.

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Hands-on

A kit at home, a bench with faculty.

The kit is posted in week one. Once a week, book ninety minutes with faculty watching your hands, on camera or at a skills lab.

Three-layer skin padSilicone, with pre-cut wounds of varying depth
Needle holderMayo-Hegar, 14 cm, with ratchet
Adson forcepsToothed, for handling skin edges
Suture scissorsStraight, blunt-tipped
3-0 and 4-0 nylonReverse-cutting needles, 12 packs
4-0 absorbableFor deep dermal and subcuticular work

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