INTRODUCTION
The Division of Surgery at Showchwan Memorial Hospital offers advanced fellowship in minimally invasive surgery(MIS), for a duration of minimum of 2 months.
Fellows can choose a field of interest from the following fields: Hepatobiliary and pancreas(HBP), Bariatric, Colorectal, and Upper Gastrointestinal(UGI).
Outpatient, operative and postoperative management of the entire spectrum of minimally invasive surgical cases is provided including endoscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and MIS in the aforementioned subspecitalties.
In addition, there is expected access to both simulation and animal work as well as research in image-guided surgery, surgical robotics, surgical education, and NOTES in the Ircad Taiwan, a leading MIS training center dedicated to education and research.
The time spend will be between Showchwan Memorial Hospital and Ircad Taiwan, which is in the same campus.
There are 17 surgery faculties contributing to the training of the fellows.
Through the courses offered at Ircad Taiwan, we offer one of the most advanced laparoscopic surgical services in Taiwan, where advanced pancreatic surgeries, major hepatectomies, esophagectomies, gastrectomies, bariatric surgeries, colorectal cancers are done laparoscopically routinely.
Each fellow will be assigned one mentor who will ensure adequate training in clinical experience and research.
CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES
WEEKLY
Journal meeting, HPB team meeting, R&D meeting, GS case presentation, GI/GS combined meeting, Ircad Meeting
MONTHLY
mortality/morbidity, video conference with Tokyo Womens’ Medical College depart of Surgery(one of the top departments in Japan)
In addition to the above meeting, each week there will be a three-hour educational session dedicated for the fellows and residents .
These sessions will include hands-on training in the animal lab in Ircad, utilizing dry box, ex-vivo, or live animals, surgical video viewing sessions, video editing exercises, and interactive didactic courses.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
BASIC PROGRAM INFORMATION
Location
- Changhua, Taiwan
Primary Program Site
- Showchwan Memorial Hospital
University Affiliation
- none
Year Program Established
- 2016
% of Program Clinical
- 80
% of Program Research
- 20
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
Interaction with Residents
- Some cases shared
Is there a General Surgery Residency at the Institution?
- Yes
Is there a curriculum in place for fellowship?
- Yes
Are there teaching conferences available for the fellow?
- Yes
Is there an evaluation tool for fellow by faculty in place?
- No
Is there an evaluation tool for faculty by fellow in place?
- Yes
FACILITES
Dry Lab
Wet lab
Library
Administrative Support
Clinical Research
Simulation Lab
HOW TO APPLY
