SURGICAL SKILLS FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Department of Surgery

• The Department of Surgery has this year (2014)

started a hands-on basic Surgical Skills course for

undergraduate students. The need for this

programme arose through student requests for

them to be better equipped to cope with the

surgical demand once they qualify and are posted

out.

• The annual advanced Surgical Skills course for

post-graduate students has been ongoing for

several years and a decision was made to

increase surgical skill competencies among the

undergraduate trainees through a three day basic

course (individual students however attend for a

single day).

• The course is being held at the Nairobi Surgical

Skills Centre (NSSC) situated in Chiromo campus

and was inaugurated on 8th Sept 2014 and will

end on 26th Sept 2014. Students were taught

gowning/gloving procedures as well as suturing

and knotting techniques.

• Facilitators are faculty members of the

Department of Surgery and materials used

have been provided by the university and the

Surgical Society of Kenya (SSK).