Basic Surgical Skills
Learning Outcome
- Understand and practice safe operating techniques, including gowning and gloving.
- Master the correct techniques for tying secure surgical knots.
- Learn the characteristics and handling of surgical instruments.
- Grasp tissue handling principles and recognise specific requirements for different surgical sites.
- Understand and practice local anaesthetic techniques.
- Safely and correctly perform Foley catheterisation.
- Safely and correctly insert Ryle’s tube.
Description
Basic Surgical Skills training course is designed to impart core surgical skills at the beginning of a surgeon’s training. The course focuses on teaching essential techniques such as instrument handling, knot tying, suturing, fine tissue management, and wound care. Participants will learn the principles underlying these techniques under the expert supervision of consultant surgeons. Pre-course materials are available online to give learners the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the concepts before attending.
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Course Duration:
1 Day
Clear concepts
Practise on tissues
Adequate hands-on
Curriculum
Online Modules
All didactic lectures will be available as online modules for candidates 2 weeks prior to the contact course to prepare for the course well in advance. All the required theory knowledge will be learnt through web platform. There will be a Q&A section available after each lecture to interact with the faculty for any additional doubts to be clarified. Completing online modules is mandatory for certification
- Scrubbing and donning
- Gloving
- Local anaesthetic infiltration
- Common surgical instruments
- Incision for various sites
- Suturing
- Knotting
- Ryle’s tube insertion
- Catheterisation
- Handling sharps
Knowledge
Delivered through online lectures
Skill
Delivered through 3 day contact course at Apollo Simulation Centre
Assessment
For both knowledge and skills
Observership
Optional
Contact Course
Contact course is aimed at providing practical knowledge about everything that one needs to know about Basic Surgical Skills. This is achieved by way of 30% of time spent on demonstrations and 70% time on hands-on training, which includes:
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| 09.30-10.00 | Hand wash technique, gowning, gloving and draping | ||
| 10.00-10.30 | Local anesthesia, types, dosage and local infiltration | ||
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee break | ||
| 10.45-11.15 |
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| 11.15-12.00 |
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| 12.00-01.30 |
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| 01.30-02.00 | Lunch break | ||
| 02.00-02-30 |
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| 02.30-03.00 | Foleys catheterization | ||
| 03.00-03.30 | Ryles tube insertion | ||
| 03.30-04.00 | Feedback and tea break | ||
Faculty
Dr. Charles Mano Sylus
Consultant,
Department of Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Senthil Kumar
Professor,
Department of Surgery,
Chettinad Hospitals & Research Institute
Dr. Subbiah TS
Registrar,
Institute of Hernia & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
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Who is This Course for?
- All postgraduate trainees in surgical discipline
- Registrars
- Interns
Why ASC
- Unparalleled Technological Infrastructure
- Expert Faculty with Real World Experience
- Innovative Learning Methodologies
- Comprehensive Curriculum
- Learner faculty ratio and learner manikin ratio is well maintained
Marketing Line
The Apollo Simulation Centre (ASC) is a medical simulation teaching and training institute located at the Apollo Vanagaram campus.
Location
Contact Info
64, Vanagaram to Ambattur, Yadaval Street, Off Poonamallee High Road, Vanagaram, Chennai-600095, Tamil Nadu
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