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Why you may want to ask your ER doctor this question: So, doc, have you sutured any wounds lately?

Are emergency department junior doctors becoming less experienced in performing common practical procedures?

A questionnaire was designed to assess junior doctors' experience of performing common practical procedures. Six procedures commonly performed in the emergency department were selected following discussion with the emergency department consultants as follows:

*Colles fracture manipulation

*Dislocated shoulder manipulation

*Suturing wounds

*Exploring wounds

*Abscess drainage

*Chest drain insertion

A perceived reduction in experience was noted for all listed procedures between the junior doctors in 2005 and those in 2006. The decrease in experience of performing shoulder manipulation, suturing and exploring wounds was statistically significant.

Emergency Medicine Journal 2007;24:657-658

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