Programme

Day One

Time   

Content   

Faculty

08.15 - 08.30

Registration and Refreshments
Faculty meeting

 

08.30 - 08.40

Introduction and statement of course objective, assesment overview

 

08.40 - 09.00

Gowning and gloving
Double gloving and gown/glove removal.

 

09.00 - 09.50

Knots
One-handed Reef Knot, Surgeons Knot and Instrument Tie

 

09.50 - 10.50

Knots (continued)
Surgeon's knot and tying at depth

 

10.50 - 11.05

Refreshments

 

11.05 - 11.30

Handling Instruments
Scissors, Haemostats, forceps and scapel

 

11.30 - 13.00

Suturing techniques
Needles and incisions
Interrupted sutures, simple and mattress sutures;
Continuous sutures, sub-cuticular suture

 

13.00 - 13.45

Lunch

 

13.45 - 14.25

Skin Lesions and Local Anaesthetic Techniques
Techniques for tissue dissection
Application of local anaesthetic
Excising a skin lesion and sebaceous cyst

 

14.25 - 14.55

Ligation/Transfixtion
Pedicle transfixion, continuity tie, pedicle tie

 

14.55 - 15.55

Tissue handling 1
Bowel: End-to-End interrupted hand tied knots
(no assistance)

 

15.55 - 16.10

Refreshments

 

16.35 - 16.55

Tissue handling 2
Tendon repair (assisted)

 

16.55 - 17.10

Electro-surgery
General principles of Electro-surgery

 

17.10 - 17.30

Discussion and feedback

 

 

Day Two

Time

Content

Faculty

08.15 - 08.30

Refreshments

 

08.30 - 09.00

Reprise of knot tying
Common faults

 

09.00 - 10.30

Abdominal closure and drain insertion
Aberdeen Knot
The art of assisting

 

10.30 - 10.45

Refreshments

 

10.45 - 12.45

Tissue handling 3
Vascular surgery principles
Vein patch exercise (assisted)

 

12.45 - 13.30

Lunch

 

13.30 - 13.40

Wound Management 1                     
Abscess drainage (non assisted)    

 

13.40 - 13.55

Skin Suture OSAT

 

13.55 - 14.45

Wound Management 2
Debriding a traumatic wound

 

14.45 - 15.00

Refreshments

 

15.00 - 15.15

Introduction to Generic Endoscopic Surgery
Principles of camera technique,
depth cueing fulcrum effects

 

15.15 - 17.15

Box Trainers
Exercises: Placing peas in a pot, stacking sugar
cubes, cutting a glove, putting Polos on a string
and tying knots on a skin pad

 

17.15 - 17.30

Discussion and feedback

 

17.30

Close   

 

 

 

Information

The Surgery Clinic of the University of Thessaly in collaboration with the British College of Surgeons (Royal College of Surgeons of England) in the framework of their cooperation, and with Professor of Surgery Mr. Dimitrios Zacharoulis as the Scientific Officer, organize the B.S.S. Course (Basic Surgical Skills Course) in Greece.