Basic Surgical Skills Course - Fourth

Training	Basic Surgical Skills
Date	17 – 19 July 2014
Venue	ELRIAH – epidemiology unit hall
Number of trainees	15

 

Topics

·         History of surgery

·         Handling instruments

·         Needles & Suture material

·         Suturing skills

·         Knots

·         Drains

·         Heamostasis

·         Good assistance

·         Scrubbing

·         Bowel anastomosis

Training Faculty:

·         Dr. Helmy Ezzat: Lecturer – GEC - MBBCh , MS,  MD.

·         Dr. Hosam Hamed: Assistant Lecturer – GEC – MBBCh, MS.

·         Dr. Mina Azer: Visceral surgery specialist ELRIAH– MBBCh, MS.

·         Dr. Mohammed Said: Visceral surgery specialist ELRIAH – MBBCh, MS.

·         Dr. Maiada El Metwaly: Visceral surgery specialist ELRIAH – MBBCh, MS.

Course Description:

            This course was designed to fill the gap between the theoretical study and the practical situations that may face freshly graduates. The course covered the following topics: a start with a brief history of surgery which trying to highlight the main hinders that faced surgeons along ages till they mastered their craft. Then the course took the trainees on a tour to get to know the tools used in this noble craft, which are instruments, needles & suture material. Afterwards the trainees experienced suturing skills and knotting skills in hands-on mentored sessions. Four cross cutting issues were discussed which were: surgical drains, Heamostasis, good assistance and scrubbing techniques. Finally trainees experienced a more sophisticated surgical skill: bowel anastomosis. All sessions were designed to be trainee friendly, interactive, practical, and depending on self-learning.

Evaluation:

            A pre and posttest is designed to evaluate the level of progress the course is contributing to the trainees’ knowledge by asking them the same questions before and after the course then compare the results. These tests are anonymous and its results are calculated collectively.

	Score	percentage
Pre test	124/300	41%
Post test	290/300	97%
Difference	166	56%

 

Questionnaire for sessions’ evaluation:

This questionnaire rated individual sessions on a scale of Excellent (3 points) – Good (2 points) – Average (1 point) – Weak (zero). Then a collective score was calculated to estimate trainees’ satisfaction with each session and with the training as a whole.

Session	Percentage of satisfaction
History of surgery	100%
Handling instruments	98%
Suture material and needles	91%
Suturing techniques and knotting	98%
Drains overview	98%
Heamostasis – overview	93%
Good assistance	87%
Scrubbing	98%
Bowel anastomosis	91%
Training as a whole	99%