Because first-yearresi dents don't have adequate skills to handle the minor surgical problems that they will immediately begin to surface in the emergency room or other place, we advocate that teaching surgical techniques of office minor surgery to medical students should be encouraged.
We designed a practical exercise session as one of the bed side teaching program at Kawasaki Medical School to help medical students learn some basic surgical techniques of office minor surgery.
Fresh frozen pig's feet were used following the examples of medical training in America.
Eighty percent of all students acknowledged in the questionnaire that this exercise seems to be very useful for their medical training.