A Comparison of Models for Teaching Suturing and Surgical Skills to Dental Students

Table 1

The questions and coding for the student questionnaire for sessions 1 and 2, omitting free-text responses.

Questions	Score and coding
Session 1
(1) I found the online suture video useful for my learning (2) The teaching that I have received has given me sufficient knowledge and skills to place simple interrupted sutures; (3) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures on a flatbed model (4) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures in a phantom head mounted model (5) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures in a cadaver model (6) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures in a patient	Likert score 1–5
(7) Can you rank the models in the order from the best (1) to the worst (4)	1—best, 4—worst
Session 2
(8) The teaching that I have received has given me sufficient knowledge and skills to cut and raise a flap; (9) I feel confident to cut and raise a flap on a phantom head mounted model; (10) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures in a phantom head mounted model; (11) I feel confident to cut and raise a flap on the cadaver model; (12) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures on the cadaver model; (13) I feel confident that I could now cut and raise a flap on a patient; (14) I feel confident that I could place interrupted sutures in a patient	Likert score 1–5
(15) Can you rank the models in the order from the best (1) to the worst (2)	1—best, 2—worst
(16) I feel confident to cut and raise a mucoperiosteal flap on a patient for the removal of an impacted lower third molar; (17) I feel confident to cut and raise a mucoperiosteal flap on a patient for the removal of the root 14; (18) I feel confident to cut and raise a mucoperiosteal flap on a patient for the removal of a root for tooth 46; (19) I feel confident to cut and raise a mucoperiosteal flap on a patient at any site	Likert score 1–5

Likert score: 1—strongly disagree; 2—disagree; 3—neither disagree nor agree; 4—agree; and 5—strongly agree.