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10-06-2023 | Original Article

A surgical training system designed to help trainees acquire laparoscopic surgical skills at a rural Japanese institute

Authors: Tetsuro Tominaga, Takashi Nonaka, Yasumasa Hashimoto, Keiko Hamasaki, Jyunichi Arai, Keitaro Matsumoto, Terumitsu Sawai, Takeshi Nagayasu

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 2/2024

Abstract

Purpose

The Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System was established in Japan to evaluate safe endoscopic surgical techniques and teaching skills. Trainee surgeons obtaining this certification in rural hospitals are disadvantaged by the limited number of surgical opportunities. To address this problem, we established a surgical training system to educate trainee surgeons.

Methods

Eighteen certified expert surgeons affiliated with our department were classified into an experienced training system group (E group, n = 9) and a non-experienced group (NE group, n = 9). Results of the training system were then compared between the groups.

Results

The number of years required to become board certified was shorter in the E group (14 years) than that in the NE group (18 years). Likewise, the number of surgical procedures performed before certification was lower in the E group (n = 30) than that in the NE group (n = 50). An expert surgeon was involved in the creation of the certification video of all the E group participants. A questionnaire to board-certified surgeons revealed that guidance by a board-certified surgeon and trainee education (surgical training system) was useful for obtaining certification.

Conclusions

Continuous surgical training, starting with trainee surgeons, appears useful for expediting their acquisition of technical certification in rural areas.

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Title: A surgical training system designed to help trainees acquire laparoscopic surgical skills at a rural Japanese institute
Authors: Tetsuro Tominaga
Takashi Nonaka
Yasumasa Hashimoto
Keiko Hamasaki
Jyunichi Arai
Keitaro Matsumoto
Terumitsu Sawai
Takeshi Nagayasu
Publication date: 10-06-2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-023-02713-w

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A surgical training system designed to help trainees acquire laparoscopic surgical skills at a rural Japanese institute

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Methods

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