Vascular surgical training of general surgeons

General surgeons and endoscopy training.

Training surgeons to meet the surgical needs of Africa.

SIR,-In the light of the article by Messrs D A K Watters and A C Bayley (26 September, p 761) I am concerned at the increasing irrelevance ofsome modern ophthalmic techniques for doctors training in Britain who intend to return to Africa and other countries. Now, even the ancient art of cataract extraction has become high tech. In 1949 at St Thomas's Harold Ridley was the first to replace the c...

Criterion-Based Training With Surgical Simulators: Proficiency of Experienced Surgeons

OBJECTIVE In our effort to establish criterion-based skills training for surgeons, we assessed the performance of 17 experienced laparoscopic surgeons on basic technical surgical skills recorded electronically in 26 modules selected in 5 commercially available, computer-based simulators. METHODS Performance data were derived from selected surgeons randomly assigned to simulator stations, and ...

Endoscopy services and training: a national survey of general surgeons.

BACKGROUND Delivering high-quality endoscopy services depends largely on the competence of endoscopists. General surgery residency training in endoscopy and the associated quality of endoscopy services being delivered by general surgeons have been the subject of considerable controversy. In conjunction with the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) executive board, we formulated a sur...

Endovascular interventions training and credentialing for vascular surgeons.

This article reviews issues concerning the training and credentialing of vascular surgeons in the use of endovascular techniques in the peripheral vascular system. These guidelines update a prior document that was published in 1993. They have been rewritten to accommodate the rapid evolution that has occurred in the field and to provide the appropriate requirements that a vascular surgeon shoul...