[Teaching of microsurgery--in service of research and clinical practice]

We analyse the improving role of teaching microsurgery, the advantages of the microsurgical models in research and clinical practice. We summarize our experience in teaching basic microsurgery according to Furka's model in the last 15 years. The main characteristics of the principles are: activity, synchronism, video assistance, self-control, individualization, analysis. We show the curriculum of the courses for researchers and participants in graduate and postgraduate education, which consists dry-training on models followed by surgical interventions on rats. Summarizing of our practices: to learn the basic microsurgical techniques the participants need endurance, patience, and have to work hard. Effectiveness of the education is most successful if we organize small groups, if one teacher deals with a maximum of two or three candidates.