eLearning and teaching for basic laparoscopic surgery

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• understand the evidence for the use of laparoscopic surgery/laparoscopic simulation training
• understand the preoperative considerations in laparoscopic surgery
• -understand the issues surrounding consent in laparoscopic surgery -be familiar with laparoscopic equipment and theatre
• be aware of laparoscopic physiology and entry techniques -know about common laparoscopic procedures
• have an understanding of postoperative care and complications.

Jessica Preshaw MRCOG (2016)

Miss Preshaw is a Consultant Gynaecologist at Southmead Hospital, Bristol and completed the Advanced Laparoscopy for the Excision of Benign Disease ATSM.

Christy Burden MD MRCOG (2014)

Dr Burden is a Consultant Obstetrician at Southmead Hospital, Bristol in the Severn Deanery. Dr Burden developed this course as part of a regional laparoscopic simulation implementation study.

BeST team (2015):

Dr Alison Gale FRCOG 

Dr Gale is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Royal Preston Hospital, and Simulation Adviser at the RCOG.

Professor Khaled Ismail FRCOG 

Professor Ismail is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Dr Kathleen Merrick MRCOG

Dr Merrick is a senior registrar in the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery.

Dr Stuart Rundle MRCOG

Dr Rundle is a sub-specialty fellow in gynaecological oncology at the Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre in Gateshead, UK. 

Dr Natalie Woodhead MRCOG 

Dr Woodhead is a senior registrar at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.

This course is intended to help clinicians gain core knowledge for O&G training and the MRCOG examinations. It can also be used by O&G consultants to refresh their knowledge of the area or for teaching.