Basic Surgical Skills
By Apollo Simulation Centre
Description
ASC’S Basic Surgical Skills Simulation 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 through individual tuition 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.
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.
Who is This Course for?
- All postgraduate trainees in Surgical discipline
- Registrars
- Interns
Course Price: ₹0.00
Course Duration:
1 Day
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Lecture modules
Access period: 1 month
Clear concepts on surgical techniques
Practise on tissues- Q&A forum: 24 hour response time
Objective structured clinical examination
Certificate of completion
Offers
Curriculum
This is a blended learning course that includes an online module and a contact course. The online lectures are interactive and provide learners with a clear understanding of concepts of basic surgical skills. The contact course allows learners to receive active, hands-on training from expert doctors in a realistic hospital setting. ASC maintains the optimal ratio of learners to trainers and a wide selection of simulation manikins. Every learner is provided with ample time and space to practice their skills and perfect their techniques.
Online Modules
- All lectures will be delivered as interactive online modules through LMS
- Module release 2 weeks prior to course
- Access for one month
- 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
Contact Course
- Contact course
- Demonstration
- Hands-on training
- Small group learning
- Repetitive practice
- Interactive learning
- Scrubbing and donning
- Gloving
- Local anaesthetic infiltration
- Incision exercises
- Suturing exercises
- Knotting exercises
- Ryle’s tube insertion
- Catheterisation
Faculty
Course Convenor
Dr. Charles Mano Sylus
Consultant,
General and Advanced Gastrointestinal Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Apollo Speciality Hospitals,
Vanagaram, Chennai
Fee
1 month
Online Access
1 day
Contact course
Note
- INR: Inclusive of GST payable on submission of application.
- All above-mentioned fees are applicable only for Indian nationals. Conversion and bank charges for international payments will be additional.
Documents Required
- The applicant should enclose a valid postgraduate degree certificate.
- Postgraduate students should submit their undergraduate certificate and letter from Head of the Department.
- Address proof (Aadhar card/Passport).
- Kindly note that all the applications shall be screened and selected by the course convenor.
