Date: 28 April 2023

Duration: 7 hours

CPD Credits: 7.5

Location: RCSI, Dublin

Please note the course requires a suitability assessment before confirming your place

This course will enable you to perfect and practice your laparoscopic knot tying and intracorporeal suturing skills, using virtual reality, synthetic and animal-based simulators in our wet lab facility.

This course will give the attendee the opportunity to have a two-way discussion on the up-to-date laparoscopic operative management in topics such as laparoscopic hepatobiliary, gastric and small bowel surgery under the guidance of experienced laparoscopic consultant surgeons.

Once suturing techniques have been mastered, you will practice this skill by performing a common bile duct closure, attaching a Graham patch to the duodenum, and performing a sutured bowel anastomosis laparoscopically. This course has been designed for senior registrars in general surgery, who are already doing laparoscopic cholecystectomies independently.

Learning outcomes

• Perform an intracorporeal suture placement and knot tying more efficiently.
• Knowledge of the more complex laparoscopic gallbladder procedures.
• Knowledge of the more complex laparoscopic common bile duct procedures.
• Better practical knowledge of the decision-making and management of peptic ulcer disease.
• Increased confidence in performing a simulated laparoscopic bowel anastomosis.

Suitable for 

Registrars in all surgical specialties who have experience with laparoscopy

To apply, please click here.