• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

Log in
  • Search
    • Search All SAGES Content
    • Search SAGES Guidelines
    • Search the Video Library
    • Search the Image Library
    • Search the Abstracts Archive
www.sages.org

SAGES

Reimagining surgical care for a healthier world

  • Home
    • Search
    • SAGES Home
    • SAGES Foundation Home
  • About
    • Awards
    • Who Is SAGES?
    • Leadership
    • Our Mission
    • Advocacy
    • Committees
      • SAGES Board of Governors
      • Officers and Representatives of the Society
      • Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
      • Committee Rosters
      • SAGES Past Presidents
  • Meetings
    • SAGES NBT Innovation Weekend
    • SAGES Annual Meeting
      • 2026 Scientific Session Call for Abstracts
      • 2026 Emerging Technology Call for Abstracts
    • CME Claim Form
    • SAGES Past, Present, Future, and Related Meeting Information
    • SAGES Related Meetings & Events Calendar
  • Join SAGES!
    • Membership Application
    • Membership Benefits
    • Membership Types
      • Requirements and Applications for Active Membership in SAGES
      • Requirements and Applications for Affiliate Membership in SAGES
      • Requirements and Applications for Associate Active Membership in SAGES
      • Requirements and Applications for Candidate Membership in SAGES
      • Requirements and Applications for International Membership in SAGES
      • Requirements for Medical Student Membership
    • Member Spotlight
    • Give the Gift of SAGES Membership
  • Patients
    • Join the SAGES Patient Partner Network (PPN)
    • Patient Information Brochures
    • Healthy Sooner – Patient Information for Minimally Invasive Surgery
    • Choosing Wisely – An Initiative of the ABIM Foundation
    • All in the Recovery: Colorectal Cancer Alliance
    • Find A SAGES Surgeon
  • Publications
    • Clinical / Practice / Training Guidelines, Statements, and Standards of Practice
    • Sustainability in Surgical Practice
    • SAGES Stories Podcast
    • Patient Information Brochures
    • Patient Information From SAGES
    • TAVAC – Technology and Value Assessments
    • Surgical Endoscopy and Other Journal Information
    • SAGES Manuals
    • MesSAGES – The SAGES Newsletter
    • COVID-19 Archive
    • Troubleshooting Guides
  • Education
    • Wellness Resources – You Are Not Alone
    • Avoid Opiates After Surgery
    • SAGES Subscription Catalog
    • SAGES TV: Home of SAGES Surgical Videos
    • The SAGES Safe Cholecystectomy Program
    • Masters Program
    • Resident and Fellow Opportunities
      • MIS Fellows Course
      • SAGES Robotics Residents and Fellows Courses
      • SAGES Free Resident Webinar Series
      • Fluorescence-Guided Surgery Course for Fellows
      • Fellows’ Career Development Course
    • SAGES S.M.A.R.T. Enhanced Recovery Program
    • SAGES @ Cine-Med Products
      • SAGES Top 21 Minimally Invasive Procedures Every Practicing Surgeon Should Know
      • SAGES Pearls Step-by-Step
      • SAGES Flexible Endoscopy 101
    • SAGES OR SAFETY Video Activity
  • Opportunities
    • Fellowship Recognition Opportunities
    • SAGES Advanced Flexible Endoscopy Area of Concentrated Training (ACT) SEAL
    • Multi-Society Foregut Fellowship Certification
    • Research Opportunities
    • FLS
    • FES
    • FUSE
    • Jobs Board
    • SAGES Go Global: Global Affairs and Humanitarian Efforts
  • OWLS/FLS
You are here: Home / Abstracts / THE INTERNATIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM: ENHANCING SURGICAL EDUCATION IN MEXICO

THE INTERNATIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM: ENHANCING SURGICAL EDUCATION IN MEXICO

Lauren M Baumann, MHS, MD1, Rodrigo Prieto, MD2, Katherine A Barsness, MD1, Raymond R Price, MD3, Jeffrey Hazey, MD4, Eduardo Moreno-Paquentin, MD5. 1Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, 2University of Guadalajara, 3University of Utah, 4Ohio State University Medical Center, 5Centro Médico ABC

Introduction: SAGES Global Affairs Committee, in partnership with the Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General, launched the International Laparoscopic Advancement Program (iLAP), that seeks to standardize laparoscopy training and education across Mexico. iLAP participants engage in didactic and hands-on modules in educational theory, laparoscopic techniques, and simulation based education (SBE), and then develop and implement a 1-day surgical simulation course for trainees.  The purposes of this study were to characterize existing minimally invasive surgical (MIS) experience, evaluate baseline educational knowledge and skills, and determine implementation success after an intensive education course.

Methods and Procedures: All13 faculty and 13 of 25 resident participants completed a pre-course survey.  Participants self-reported baseline MIS experience and comfort levels with MIS skills and procedures using a 3-point Likert scale (1=not comfortable, 2=somewhat comfortable, 3=very comfortable), and noted previous surgical education experience.  Following the course, faculty self-rated their comfort level with educational techniques and institutional support for MIS, and provided qualitative course feedback. Resident participants self-rated their comfort level with MIS skills following the faculty-lead simulation course. Descriptive analyses were performed. IRB-exemption was obtained through Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Results: Faculty performed a range of MIS procedures, 100% of participants had experience with cholecystectomy compared to 54% with colectomy and 23% ventral hernia repair. Resident MIS exposure was notably lower.  Most faculty self-reported being “somewhat” or “very comfortable” with MIS skills (range 66-100%), resident comfort level with MIS skills was lower (Table 1). Most common faculty-cited reasons for not performing MIS were lack of comfort with MIS skills (44%) and lack of institutional support for MIS (28%). There was limited baseline experience with educational methods, including no experience with skills assessments and curriculum development. On post-course evaluation,100% of faculty participants self-reported as comfortable performing objective skills assessments and implementing a surgical education curriculum.  Additionally, after participation in the faculty-implemented SBE course, residents self-reported improvement in all MIS skills.

Conclusions: While the majority of surgeons at a large, Mexican teaching hospital are performing laparoscopic surgery, the institutional support for MIS is often lacking, and formalized MIS training is in early development.  The iLAP initiative seeks to drive adoption and sustainability of safe laparoscopic techniques and increase educational awareness and effectiveness.  After instituting a short, intensive surgical education course, participants self-reported improvement in educational and MIS skills.  However, long-term adoption of these educational strategies for sustainable improvements in MIS remains to be assessed.


Presented at the SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.

Abstract ID: 86370

Program Number: P329

Presentation Session: iPoster Session (Non CME)

Presentation Type: Poster

175

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads
  • Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky

Related


sages_adbutler_leaderboard

Hours & Info

11300 West Olympic Blvd, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90064

1-310-437-0544

[email protected]

Monday – Friday
8am to 5pm Pacific Time

Find Us Around the Web!

  • Bluesky
  • X
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2025 · SAGES · All Rights Reserved

Important Links

Healthy Sooner: Patient Information

SAGES Guidelines, Statements, & Standards of Practice

SAGES Manuals