to provide the basic knowledge required for clinical applications
to describe all the basic principles (instruments, materials, anesthesia equipments) and present the most used basic laparoscopic techniques
to provide hands-on training sessions to learn or improve performance of basic technical tasks in laparoscopic surgery such as intracorporeal suturing and knot-tying techniques, two-hands coordination for dissection or safe use of energy in laparoscopy
to describe results and potential complications of laparoscopic procedures
Educational methods of General surgery
Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants; hands-on training on live tissue (mini-pigs) in experimental lab.
The University of Strasbourg diploma registration (optional).
Registration fees: approx. 420 €.
Payment must be done exclusively on the spot either by cheque made payable to "Université de Strasbourg" or in cash.
Credit card payment is not accepted.
is available at special EITS rates at
the following hotels, depending on the course:
Hilton Hotel ****
Mercure Palais des Congrès Hotel **** (formerly Holiday Inn)
110 € per night, in a single room, breakfast and city tax included
Registration
To register, please send us your registration form duly completed
by fax (+33 (0)3 88 11 90 28) and/or postal mail.
Registration is confirmed upon receipt of the form duly filled out, signature affixed, with payment enclosed.
WARNING !
Online registration is only for individuals.
Any company (travel agencies, laboratories, industrials, etc.) should contact the person in charge of the course directly.
Please note that, out of organizational reasons, any registration cancelled less than one month before the course will NOT be reimbursed or postponed.
EITS courses special offer: Discounted travel with Lufthansa
Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network
linking major cities around the world. As an airline partner, Lufthansa
offers special prices and conditions to participants, visitors,
exhibitors and invited guests as well as employees of the Contracting
Partner and their travel companions.
To make a reservation, please click on www.lufthansa.com/education and enter the access code DEZPMR in the "Access to Event Booking" area. This will open an online booking
platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or
provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is
available. NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.
These promotional fares are also available through your IATA / ARC
travel agent. Travel agents can obtain ticketing instructions by sending
an email to lufthansa.mobility@dlh.de and providing the access code as a reference.
General surgery: Course programme
Monday
8.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS
9.00 am Welcoming of participants
EQUIPMENT - Operating theatre / choice of equipment - The laparoscopic cart: insufflator – light source – camera - Conventional and new laparoscopic instrumentation - Electrosurgery – ultrasonic dissection – thermofusion
A NEW CONCEPT: "INTELLIGENT" OPERATING ROOM
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY - Positioning of trocars - Knots - Operative room organisation
TROCAR INSERTION - Complications & prevention
1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute
2.00 pm TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS) - Basic principles: insufflation – positioning of trocars - Exposure, dissection and laparoscopic sutures - Small bowel resection (Clip, Stapling – EndoGIA™ – Surgitie™) - Small bowel dissection and anastomoses (Stapling – EndoGIA™ – Intracorporeal suture) - Cholecystectomy - Splenectomy
6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
8.00 pm Shuttle-bus Hotel – Restaurant
8.30 pm Dinner in honor of the participants
10.30 pm Shuttle-bus Restaurant – Hotel
Tuesday
7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS
8.00 am ABDOMINAL WALL - Inguinal Hernia Repair * Live demonstration * Technical approaches by laparoscopy: - TAPP - TEP - Ventral and Incisional Hernia
LAPAROSCOPIC BILIARY SURGERY - Cholecystectomy - Specificity of acute cholecystitis - Common bile duct surgery - "Rendez-vous" technique
EMERGENCY SURGERY - Cholecystitis - Acute appendicitis - Perforated peptic ulcer - Complicated sigmoiditis - Small bowel obstruction
1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute
2.00 pm TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS) - Inguinal hernia repair by TAPP approach - Gastrointestinal side-to-side anastomosis - Common bile duct surgery - Roux-en-Y choledocho-jujenal anastomosis
6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
Evening free
Wednesday
7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS
8.00 am LIVE OR PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS (depending on cases)
1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute
2.00 pm TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS) - Gastrointestinal side-to-side anastomosis - Approach to the esogastric junction - Adrenalectomy - Nephrectomy
6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
8.00 pm Shuttle-bus Hotel – Restaurant
8.30 pm Dinner in honor of the participants
11.00 pm Shuttle-bus Restaurant – Hotel
Thursday
7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS
8.00 am FOREGUT SURGERY - Antireflux * Antireflux procedures for GERD * Paraesophageal hernia * Management of complications - Gastric Cancer * Gastrectomy for cancer
COLORECTAL SURGERY - Surgical techniques, tips & tricks in left and right colectomy for benign and malignant diseases - Indication and treatment of acute sigmoid diverticulitis - Total Mesorectal Excision in rectal cancer - Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) - New trends : * Single port access * NOSE * NOTES™ * Robotics
1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute
2.00 pm TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS) PRACTICAL EVALUATION : - Practice of previously performed procedures: small bowel anastomosis, antireflux procedure, gastrointestinalanastomosis, splenectomy - Cholecysto-jejunal anastomosis and Roux-en-Y loop - Pancreatectomy - Hepatectomy On request : Single Port Surgery
6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
Friday
7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS
8.00 am PROFICIENCY TEST (for the surgeons having applied for the University Diploma) - Multiple Choice Questions for the University Diploma (Université de Strasbourg UDS)
ENDOCRINE SURGERY - Thyroidectomy - Parathyroidectomy - Adrenalectomy
BARIATRIC and METABOLIC SURGERY - Tailored approach: gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy & gastric bypass - Management of common and difficult complications
FUTURE OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY - Image-guided hybrid minimally invasive surgery
1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute
2.00 pm PEDIATRIC SURGERY - Introduction - Indications and examples for each approach: * Laparoscopy * Retroperitoneoscopy * Thoracoscopy
SPLENIC SURGERY - Laparoscopic splenectomy : indications and technique
PANCREATIC SURGERY - Endocrine, benign and malignant tumors
HEPATIC SURGERY - Benign – HCC – Metastases
INNOVATION IN SURGERY - Material, approaches and techniques
4.30 pm End of the seminar Delivery of the certificates of attendance Delivery of the University diplomas for the successful candidates
Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
This Program may be subject to modifications
EACCME accreditation
EITS courses are accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists in their home European Country.
The EACCME is an institution of the European Union
of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
EACCME Credits convertible into AMA PRA category 1 Credits™
Surgeons interested in getting AMA PRA category 1 Credits™ credits may contact info@eits.fr.
EACCME approved credits for e-learning activities are recognized by the American Medical Association for conversion to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians may apply to convert EACCME credits into AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by submitting the following form and attaching an EACCME credit certificate, and processing fee. Please click here to download application form for EACCME credit conversion into AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Processing fees directly payable to the American Medical Association are as follows: AMA member $30 and non-AMA member $75 (see information stated in application form).
As a rule, the conversion to AMA category 1 credit(s)™ is 1:1 for all EACCME credit(s).
Further details can be obtained by clicking on the current link.
Instructions for converting EACCME Credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
To apply for conversion of EACCME credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™:
Visit the EACCME website to ensure the activity was certified for EACCME credit
A certificate awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be emailed within four weeks.
By fax
Attn: CPPD
+1 (312) 464-4669
By mail
American Medical Association
Continuing Physician Professional Development (CPPD)
515 N. State Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60654
If you have questions, please contact CPPD at pra@ama-assn.org
EITS courses have been endorsed by the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.
The EAES Education Committee aims to ensure that appropriate endoscopic
training courses are available for residents in training and certified surgeons
who wish to be trained in endoscopic surgery.
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