I'm a first year that is interested in surgery and I want to improve my hand skills. I thought about playing an instrument but isn't it too late to start right now ? I also think about taking up knitting and model building which might help. I will also ask a surgeon, who I shadow, to teach me how to do knots and suture. Anyway,does anyone know of some simple exercises to improve manual dexterity ?
Manual dexterity exercises
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Do you have poor manual dexterity? Is it less than the average?
There is no reason you need to be doing "hand exercises" or anything special in your quest to become a surgeon.
If monkeys can do it...
There is no reason you need to be doing "hand exercises" or anything special in your quest to become a surgeon.
If monkeys can do it...
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Wow.. Totally not necessary unless you are a goof. And if so no amount of exercises will help
SO difficult not to make a masturbation joke here....
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My first thought too... But I resisted.
Flash back to MS1. Surgery interest group meeting. I ask one of the trauma surgeons how he knew he had the dexterity to be a good surgeon.. He says in front of a group "son, can you masturbate?" And in my enthusiastic ms1 tone I say "oh, yes sir". He says "well great, then you will make a fine surgeon".
Flash back to MS1. Surgery interest group meeting. I ask one of the trauma surgeons how he knew he had the dexterity to be a good surgeon.. He says in front of a group "son, can you masturbate?" And in my enthusiastic ms1 tone I say "oh, yes sir". He says "well great, then you will make a fine surgeon".
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Grab a shoelace and some YouTube videos and practiced one handed and two handed knots. Later, moved on to using thread.
You want to do WHAT with a shoelace? I think that's how your cucumber became crooked.....
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Sounds like he's gotten himself in quite a pickle…
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Haha, sneakin' up like celery, yeah I'm stalkin'
