Abstract
Visiting the operating theatre and the surgical environment is a fulfilling experience for any medical student, even in pre-clinical years. However, students are typically not formally taught the practical skills that are necessary to make any surgical experience worthwhile. These skills include scrubbing, gowning and gloving, and being familiar with common surgical instruments. This chapter will cover these basics, as well as outlining the more specialised electrosurgical and laparoscopic equipment you may encounter in theatre. We recommend that you give it a read-through before any hands-on surgical rotation – particularly if you are about to embark on a surgical elective.
Ankit Mishra and Michael Morgan are joint first authors.
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Mishra, A., Morgan, M.C.B. (2017). Preparing the Surgeon. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_9
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