Allan Okrainec, MD, Melina Vassiliou, MD, Andrew Kapoor, MSc, Kristen B Pitzul, MSc, Oscar Henao, MD, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Timothy Jackson, MD, E. Matthew Ritter, MD Toronto Western Hospital – University Health Network, Temerty/Chang Telesimulation Centre, Toronto, Ontario; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec; Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland INTRODUCTION: Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) […]
Ali Mahmood, MD, Robert Carman, DO, Chadi Faraj Colorectal Surgical Assoicates, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Introduction: The SCIP protocol was instituted primarily by the centers for medicaid and medicare. One key goal was to have the antibiotics administered in a timely fashion to help decrease post operative […]
Salim S Abunnaja, MD, Shohan Shetty, MD, Andrew Kelsey, J.Alexander Palesty, MD, FACS The Stanley Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital BACKGROUND: Manual skill proficiency and ability to attain skills are not currently employed in selecting residents for surgical training programs. The study objective was to assess whether the technical skill levels and ability […]
Liane S Feldman, MD, Pascal Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Jessica Mischna, BA, Malcolm G Munro, MD, Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Fuse Task Force McGill University, The Permanente Medical Group,Harvard Medical School, SAGES, UCLA, Cambridge Health Alliance Introduction: Energy devices are ubiquitous in modern operating rooms. The combination of electrical current, heat generation, the […]
Victor T Wilcox, MD, Ted Trus, MD, Jose M Martinez, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD The Methodist Hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the University of Miami INTRODUCTION The STEP program is a collaborative project between SAGES and Olympus America Inc. dedicated to providing flexible endoscopy equipment and a curriculum for training to all surgical residency programs in the […]