Top Gun Skill Development

>CYBER-BASED EDUCATION AND DISTANT LEARNING

MINI-LAPAROSCOPY WITHOUT ANESTHESIA FOR GENERAL SURGEONS

COURSE OBJECTIVES

To provide experienced laparoscopic surgeons didactic and hands-on training in mini laparoscopy under local anesthesia
To enable the surgeon to become proficient in the safe performance of mini laparoscopy under local anesthesia for the evaluation of acute and chronic abdominal pain, pre-procedural minimally invasive completion evaluation (PMICE), placement of enteral feeding appliances and a variety of intra-abdominal biopsies all under local anesthesia
To expose general surgeons to the utility and limitations of using 2mm instrumentation in the general anesthetic environment
To provide supervised hands-on laboratory training with objective evaluation and assessment of mini laparoscopy procedures on inanimate and porcine models that emphasize its differences from traditional laparoscopy
To review the principles of local and systemic analgesia/sedation to enable the physician and nurse to safely administer conscious sedation

AGENDA
Day One
7:00-7:30	Continental Breakfast/Registration
7:30-8:30	Introduction/History/Overview of Mini-Laparoscopy under Local Anesthesia
8:30-9:15	Procedures and Techniques I
9:15-9:30	Break
9:30-10:15	Procedures and Techniques II
10:15-10:45	Why Have Skills Testing and Teaching?
10:45-12:45	Skills/Assessment Component #1 Inanimate Lab
12:45-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:30	Skill Development
3:30-3:45	Break
3:45-5:00	Procedures and Techniques III

Day Two
7:00-8:00	Transportation to USSC
8:00-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-11:00	Mini-Laparoscopy Skills Drills using 2mm instrumentation
11:00-12:00	Anesthesia I
12:00-12:30	Lunch
12:30-1:15	Anesthesia II
1:15-3:00	Animal Laboratory Practical (Session I)
3:00-5:00	Animal Laboratory Practical (Session II)
5:00-5:30	Awards Assembly
5:30-6:30	Travel to Temple Medical Center