Laparoscopic education and training: considerations and feedback from our 10-year experience

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery for gastrointestinal tumors have been conducted in the Department of General Surgery of Nanfang Hospital since 2002. Within the past decade, the education and training courses of laparoscopic surgical techniques were given to over 2,000 gastrointestinal surgeons. From these experience, we believed that efficient and high quality laparoscopic surgical training program should combine the following philosophies: thorough understanding of anatomy under laparoscopic view was the cornerstone; skilled cooperation between surgeon, assistant and laparoscopist would ensure the safety and fluency of the surgery; training course should be designed according to the laparoscopic skills of the trainee. Based on these understandings of laparoscopic education and training, we would further perfect and standardize our training system so as to contribute to the future development and popularization of laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery in China.