Summary
This course is perfect for doctors starting their training in laparoscopic surgery.
This is a hands-on course in which you receive expert formative feedback while practicing your skills on bespoke low- and high- fidelity models. Expert laparoscopic consultants will also guide you through performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on an animal liver-gallbladder model.
In this practical course we will use a combination of synthetic and animal tissue (porcine).
Suitable for: SHOs in general surgery, colorectal surgery, urology, obstetrics and gynaecology.
Learning outcomes
- Practice in laparoscopic set-up, camera and stacks.
- Increased knowledge in the selection and safe placement of a port.
- Improvement in your camera navigation skills.
- Improvement in your instrument-handling skills.
- Improvement in your depth of perception and dissection skills.
- Familiarisation with the steps and haptic feedback of performing a simulated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.