• Roberto González L, Felipe Alarcón O, Héctor Molina Z, María García-Huidobro D, Patricio Stevens M, Rodrigo Reyes M, Sebastián Barra M, Andrés Schaub C, Diego Saldivia Z, and Eduardo Fasce H.
• Centro Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínico Regional de Concepción: Dr. Guillermo Grant Benavente, Concepción, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2020 Oct 1; 148 (10): 1427-1434.

BackgroundBoot camps are used to acquire skills in simple surgical procedures, such as sutures, in a short period of time.AimTo assess the retention of the procedural skills of medical students who participated in a simulation-based suture workshop.Material And MethodsOne hundred five medical students were trained using the EPROBA methodology (Entrenamiento PROcedimental BAsico), with prior informed consent. The instrument "Objective Structured Assessment Of Technical Skills" (OSATS) was applied prior to and after the workshop, and during retention module, which was carried out between three and four months after the suture workshop. Participants were classified according to the level of previous knowledge in sutures.ResultsThe students showed significant improvement in their scores after the workshop (improvement from 12.9 to 28.5 points, p < 0.001). No significant differences were found between scores after the workshop and those obtained in the retention module (28.5 to 28.1 points, respectively, p = 0.235). No difference in scores were observed when retention was evaluated according to previous knowledge levels.ConclusionsSimulation programs are useful for the acquisition of procedural skills which are retained over time.

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