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Suturing
Leads: Dr Jean Ker, Director of IHSE, University of Dundee and Prof Ron Keenan, General Surgeon, Medical Education Unit at the University of Aberdeen
Status: Draft completed and piloted, review process underway
Next steps: Complete review process, map to KSF dimensions and publish on NHS Shared Learning site.
This Multi-Professional Clinical Skills Pack aims to establish a standardised training for suturing skills for medical, nursing and relevant allied healthcare professions. The University of Aberdeen, the University of Dundee and the Scottish Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network have developed it in collaboration with funding from NHS Education for Scotland.
In this guide suturing refers to the insertion of material to maintain satisfactory closure of a skin wound. The guide will be relevant to all healthcare practitioners who carry out this skill as part of their care of patients in either a secondary or primary care setting.
This guide contains theoretical knowledge and assessment with assessment in practice, which will enable practitioners to adjust and standardise the scope of their professional practice. Learning outcomes are provided, together with a specific theoretical and practical assessment to be undertaken in conjunction with supervised practice.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
For further information or to take part in the review process please contact Andrea Baker at a.baker@dundee.ac.uk
