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Laparoscopic surgery is renowned for its challenges: the change in viewpoint, limited access, the mastery of the long instruments… On top of the technical skills, there are a range of human-factors dynamics that change. If you want to be the best laparoscopic surgeon you can be, what does the training journey look like? How do you know when you are performing well?

PROGRAM:

  1. Welcome & Introduction - Dr. Borja de Lacy (Spain)

  2. Fundamental Skills Acquisition in Laparoscopic Training - Dr. Melissa N. Hanson (Canada)

  3. The Technical Challenges – Laparoscopic Core Skills - Prof. Ronan Cahill (UK)

  4. Assessing Laparoscopic Competence in the Era of Big Data - Dr. Brian C. George (USA)

  5. Measurement of Performance in a Surgical Serious Game - Dr. Glyn Burtt (Netherlands)

  6. Closing Remarks - Dr. Borja de Lacy (Spain)
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Dr. Glyn Burtt Medical Business Developer, Grendel Games, Netherlands General Surgery
Prof. Ronan Cahill MD, MB BCh BAO, FRCSI, Full Professor, UCD Centre for Precision Surgery, University College Dublin; Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon and Director of Digital Surgery Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Ireland Colorectal Surgery
Dr. Borja de Lacy MD, PhD, General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgeon, Instituto Quirúrgico Lacy, Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona and Hospital Quironsalud Badalona, Surgical Coordinator Hospital Quironsalud Badalona, Spain General Surgery
Dr. Brian C. George MD, MAEd, Hugh Cabot Associate Professor of Surgery and Learning Health Sciences and Co-Director, Center for Surgical Training and Research (CSTAR), University of Michigan Medical School; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Michigan Medicine; Executive Director, Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning (SIMPL), USA Trauma Surgery
Dr. Melissa N. Hanson MD, FRCSC, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon, Guelph General Hospital, Canada Bariatric Surgery
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