Training the Trainers – Surgical Style
Susannah M Wyles, MSc MRCS, Chee Wan Lai, MBBS MRCS, Melody Ni, PhD, Nader Francis, PhD FRCS, John T Jenkins, FRCS, Amjad Parvaiz, MD FRCS, Tom Cecil, MD FRCS, Roland Valori, MD FRCP, George Hanna, PhD FRCS, Mark G Coleman, MD FRCS. Imperial College London, Derriford Hospital, Yeovil Hospital, St Marks Hospital Harrow, Queen Alexandra… Continue Reading
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Training Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (tem): Feasibility of a New Simple and Economic Surgical Simulator.
Gustavo L Carvalho, MD PhD, Marcos Lyra, MD, Sergio E Araujo, MD PhD, Eduardo A Bonin, MD MSc, Diego L Lima, Student. Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital and UNIPECLIN, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco - Recife, Brazil. BACKGROUND: TEM is a safe, feasible and efficacious minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of… Continue Reading
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Validating a Procedure-specific Rating Scale for Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Richard M Kwasnicki, Trystan M Lewis, Sanjay Purkayastha, Rajesh Aggarwal, Alexandra Shepherd, Aimee N Di Marco, Ara Darzi, Paraskevas A Paraskeva. IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON IntroductionThe prevalence of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) in clinical practice is increasing. However, there is currently a lack of validated assessment tools available to assess SILS operative performance. This… Continue Reading
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Which Skills Really Matter? Proving Face, Content, and Construct Validity for a Commerical Robotic Simulator
Calvin Lyons, MD, David Goldfarb, MD, Brian Miles, MD, Rohan Joseph, MD, Richard Link, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD. The Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation, and Education Background: A novel computer simulator is commercially available for robotic surgery. Initial validation studies have been limited due to a lack of understanding of which… Continue Reading
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You Have a Message! Social Networking As a Motivator for Fls Training
Andrea M Petrucci, MD, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Ekaterina Lebedeva, MLIS, Liane S Feldman, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD. McGill University Health Center INTRODUCTION: Despite evidence supporting the value of FLS, surgical educators still find it challenging to motivate residents to practice. Web 2.0 technologies allow users to interact with, and… Continue Reading
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