Watch Physician Assistant FLS Course
This course is designed to help Physician Assistants (PA) develop their laparoscopic skills so they can better assist surgeons on their cases. The course will be built upon the 5 FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery) tasks with the understanding and benchmark times adjusted for the skill level of a PA. The ultimate goal is to get PAs comfortable with translating a 3-D world into a 2-D image and comfortably navigating around during the case. The course is designed to be done over the course of a few weeks in 20 to 30 minute increments of time, 4 to 5 days a week.
|
Task |
Allowable Errors |
Proficiency Time (seconds) |
Number of Repetitions Required |
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|
1 |
Peg Transfer |
No drops outside field of view |
48 |
2 consecutive +
|
|
2 |
Pattern Cut |
All cuts within 2 mm of line |
98 |
2 consecutive |
|
3 |
Ligating Loop |
Up to 1 mm accuracy error
|
53 |
2 consecutive |
|
4 |
Extracorporeal Suturing |
Up to 1 mm accuracy or gap error
|
136 |
2 consecutive |
|
5 |
Intracorporeal Suturing |
112 |
2 consecutive +
|
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