[Capriole]

WTF? I'm not a physician, just a former medical student, but even I can do a fine job of sewing somebody up. In the lab I worked in we sewed each other up all the time. It's just not that hard, especially if you have a new needle and fine suturing material. How can someone who has gotten all the way through med school and into a surgical residency NOT know how to stitch a patient?

[mylife]

How can someone who has gotten all the way through med school and into a surgical residency NOT know how to stitch a patient?

Good question, I'm sure I could do it.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I spend my time in the OR on the other side of the blood-brain barrier. Watching a technically skilled surgeon can be a thing of beauty. Not a wasted movement. OTOH it can be painful to watch those with mediocre skills. Some seem to have the 'hands' and others (despite years of practice) don't.

[AnAmericanMother]

I don't get this.

I worked a couple summers as a veterinary assistant . . . and I can suture up a storm. I have good near vision and small hands, so I still get called upon to throw in a few stitches. Never sutured myself though (use SuperGlue).