COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To provide the basic knowledge required for clinical applications
✔ To describe all the basic principles (instruments, materials, equipments) and present the most used basic laparoscopic techniques
✔ Hands-on training sessions to learn or improve performance of basic technical tasks in laparoscopic surgery such as intra-corporeal suturing and knots tying techniques, two-hands coordination for dissection, safe use of energy in laparoscopy
✔ To describe results and potential complications of laparoscopic procedures

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

▶ Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
▶ Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
▶ Hands-on practice on live animals for four afternoon provide adequate exposure to all aspects of digestive surgery.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Surgeons who wish to gain comprehensive knowledge on all aspects of digestive surgery, including HPB, colorectal, Hernia, Upper GI, and Endocrine. And to learn or improve technical skills in one short but intensive course

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To cover a broad spectrum of surgical procedures in Upper GI surgery
✔ To provide skill basis in laparoscopic gastric and esophageal surgery
✔ To provide hand’s on session to improve skills in laparoscopic Upper GI surgery through the practice on pig models under expert tutorials

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

▶ Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
▶ Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
▶ Hands-on training on live tissue (mini-pigs) in experimental lab
▶ Optional Hands-on Practice on Cadaver Model

TARGET AUDIENCE

Laparoscopic digestive surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To cover a broad spectrum of surgical procedures in colorectal surgery
✔ To provide indications for surgical treatment and discuss operative complications
✔ To highlight technicalities of surgical interventions through the broadcasting of live procedures
✔ To allow real time discussion between the operators and the surgeon trainees
✔ To provide hands-on sessions improve skills in laparoscopic surgery through the practice on live tissue, and also to provide an optional cadaver training for TaTME under experts’ guidance.
✔ To describe postoperative clinical results and practical applications of evidence-based clinical medicine

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

▶ Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
▶ Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
▶ Hands-on Practice on Live Animal
▶ Optional Hands-on Practice on Cadaver Model for TaTME

TARGET AUDIENCE

General Surgeons
Colorectal Surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To provide an overview of the complex anatomy of the skull base
✔ To cover a broad spectrum of the skull base approaches and describe the technical
steps of each specific approach
✔ To discuss indications of skull base approaches and surgical strategies
✔ To provide hands-on session on cadaveric specimens and improve skills
✔ To become more familiar with endoscopic endonasal approaches
✔ To understand the rationale and challenge of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the
skull base
✔ To allow discussion between expert in the field of skull base surgery and trainees

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

▶ Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants.
▶ Practical training on anatomical specimen

TARGET AUDIENCE

This workshop is intended for neurosurgeons, ENT to learn and practice the technical skills

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔To present operative techniques by live operative demonstrations from expert centers
✔To describe common laparoscopic urological techniques and operative procedures
✔To describe outcomes and potential complications of laparoscopic procedures
✔Hands-on training sessions to improve technical performance in laparoscopic urological surgery

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

►Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants.
►Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
►Hands-on Practice on Live Animal
►Optional Hands-on Practice on Cadaver Model for Radical prostatectomy + lymph node dissection +Radical nehrectomy

TARGET AUDIENCE

Laparoscopic urological surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To cover a broad spectrum of surgical procedures in wrist surgery
✔ To provide indications for surgical treatment and discuss operative complications
✔ To highlight technical aspects of surgical interventions through the broadcasting of live procedures
✔ To allow real-time discussion between the operators and the surgeon trainees
✔ To provide hands-on sessions to improve skills in laparoscopic surgery through practice on anatomical specimen under experts' tutorials
✔ To describe postoperative clinical results and practical applications of evidence-based clinical medicine

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

► Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
► Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
► Hands-on training on anatomical specimen in experimental lab

TARGET AUDIENCE

Orthopedic surgeons& plastic surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔To provide the basic skills required for good progress in clinical laparoscopic practice
✔To describe the technical steps which are used for advanced laparoscopic procedures
✔To describe results and potential complications, and how to prevent them.
✔To practice on both pelvic trainer and live tissue in order to give the participants the technical capacity to improve their practice

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

► Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
► Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations

TARGET AUDIENCE

Laparoscopic gynecological surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

▶To discuss the indications and contraindications of CBD exploration

▶To demonstrate various techniques of CBD exploration, with videos, live-surgery, and hands-on practice

▶To familiarise each participant with the manipulation of choledochoscope, including insertion, basketing, transcyctis, trans-choledochotomy

▶To practice on live-tissue CBD exploration techniques, hepaticojejunostomy, choledochotomy

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ Structured anatomic preparation, each step referring to clearly defined anatomical landmarks, after concise lectures and master dissection.

✔ Training places for dissection are very well-equipped with HD-videoendoscopy, a large variety of microsurgical instruments, shaver and navigation.

✔ Intensive supervision with at least one experienced supervisor for two dissection places.

✔ Specific adjunctive course material like access to essential videoclips of all important surgical steps as well as accompanying hand-outs are inclusive.

✔ Please note that there is a FREE Invitation from 2019 International Sinus Course
→ https://allentube211.wordpress.com/2019-pj-course/

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

Each complete, nature-identical anatomical specimen is subjected to preparation by two participants.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ Structured anatomic preparation, each step referring to clearly defined anatomical landmarks, after concise lectures and master dissection.

✔ Training places for dissection are very well-equipped with HD-videoendoscopy, a large variety of microsurgical instruments, shaver and navigation.

✔ Intensive supervision with at least one experienced supervisor for two dissection places.

✔ Specific adjunctive course material like access to essential videoclips of all important surgical steps as well as accompanying hand-outs are inclusive.

✔ Please note that there is a FREE Invitation from 2019 International Sinus Course
→ https://allentube211.wordpress.com/2019-pj-course/

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

Each complete, nature-identical anatomical specimen is subjected to preparation by two participants.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To cover a broad spectrum of surgical procedures in morbid obesity surgery
✔ To provide indications for surgical treatment and discuss operative complications
✔ To highlight technicalities of surgical interventions through the broadcasting of live procedures
✔ To allow real time discussion between the operators and the surgeon trainees
✔ To provide hands-on sessions improve skills in laparoscopic surgery through the practice on live tissue under experts’ tutorials
✔ To describe postoperative clinical results and practical applications of evidence-based
clinical medicine

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations

COURSE OBJECTIVES

✔ To cover a broad spectrum of surgical procedures in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
✔ To provide introduction of laparoscopic biliary, liver and pancreatic resection
✔ To provide hand on session improve skills in laparoscopic biliary, liver and pancreatic surgery through the practice on pig models under expert tutorials

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

▶ Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
▶ Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
▶ Hands-on training both cadaver and live tissue (mini-pigs) in experimental lab

TARGET AUDIENCE

Surgeons

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course each student should be able to:
▶ Safety introduce and pick up a 3/8ths curved needle in an appropriate position to make a bite through tissue
▶ Handle the needle to quickly adjust to desired angles
▶ Pass a needle and suture through tissues at suitable depth, angle, and distance for interrupted and continuous suturing
▶ Tie a safe laparoscopic Surgeon's knot
▶ Create a laparoscopic tumbled square knot
▶ Demonstrate continuous suturing, maintaining tension and completing the suture line safely
▶ Be able to apply the techniques to various clinical situateions, such as bariatric surgery, hepato pancreasbiliary surgery, or colorectal surgery

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

didactic lectures, hands-on training on dry box on suturing models, ex vivo tissues.

TARGET AUDIENCE

anyone interested to improve their laparoscoipc suturing skills.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The B.E.S.T. program was created by IRCAD, a non-profit organization dedicated to students and young professionals in the medical field with an interest in Minimally Invasive Surgical Strategies (MISS). Our objective is to educate our audience in MISS, regardless of their professional background, to make this training appealing, and to spur surgical innovation. Education is provided through the Business Engineering and Surgical Technologies (B.E.S.T) education program, using the web and courses presented in partnership with the IRCAD and IHU in Strasbourg, France.