Suturing
Leads: Dr Andrew Renwick,
Dr Mark Vella, Dr Jean Ker, Prof Ron Keenan
Status: Being
piloted
Next steps: Complete pilot and
implement in health boards and higher educational institutes.
This Multi-Professional Clinical Skills Pack aims to establish a standardised training for suturing skills for medical, nursing and relevant allied healthcare professions. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 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 pilot please contact Andrea Baker atandrea.baker@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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Educational Resource Developer:
Dr Andrea Baker
Email andrea.baker@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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