Introduction: The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program has gained widespread acceptance throughout the world and is considered by many to be the gold standard for teaching and assessing laparoscopic skills. In order to become FLS certified, candidates must take the FLS exam at one of the 73 approved FLS regional testing centres across the United States and Canada, or at an FLS course offered at certain surgical conferences. Maintaining these test centres requires considerable inves
Introduction:
Training in new surgical techniques has traditionally been done through in-person mentoring. Advances in audio-video (AV) communication have made it possible to telementor (TM) over distance, but there is little understanding of the utility of this method or which technology or teaching methodology is best.
Aims:
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a novel wearable technology platform (MTP–MITIE Telementoring Platform) to mentor novice surgeons through laparoscopic left co
Introduction: Quality metrics for colonoscopy are commonly referenced when defining competence among endoscopists. Colonoscopy is a skill set practiced by many different specialists ranging from family practitioners to colorectal surgeons. A retrospective review from the Canadian health system database published in 2011 detailed colonoscopic quality metrics of gastroenterologists, general surgeons, and general practitioners. The study suggested that non-gastroenterologists did not perform as wel
Introduction
Despite the widespread use of surgical energy devices, pilot data from North America suggests that surgeons and surgical trainees have knowledge gaps in their safe use and this may lead to significant complications to patients. The purpose of this study was to determine general surgeons’ and trainees’ knowledge regarding the safe use of electrosurgery (ES) across varying levels of experience in Japan.
Methods
Participants completed a 35-item multiple-choice question examination,
Introduction: Patients, caregivers, employers and researchers seek an easy, reproducible, reliable, and valid measure of postoperative physical recovery, or the time it takes to return to “normal” after surgery. Walking is an important requirement for daily activities. The six-minute walk test(6MWT) is a low-cost measure of functional walking capacity measuring the distance walked on a flat surface in 6 minutes. A previous small study supported the validity and responsiveness of the 6MWT, but wa