Aims and Objectives
Overall Objective
To train the fellow in RAMIE surgery and research.
Main Clinical Goal
To offer a training program for minimally invasive esophagectomy surgical procedures. At the end of the fellowship the candidate should be able to participate in or start his/her own general RAMIE surgery program.
Main research Goal
To evaluate the clinical applications of RAMIE surgery. The fellow will evaluate the host center’s experience (institutional database). The fellow’s own learning curve will be analysed systematically.
Curriculum
A hands on training course, such as provided in Stockholm and Utrecht is the starting point for the fellowship as a first introduction to minimally invasive esophagectomy.
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here for information on the 2020 ESSO course on MIE and MIG as organized in Utrecht.
Setting
To work 1 year in a high volume Upper GI centre with expertise in RAMIE.
- To learn/assist and aim to perform surgical procedures and learn the clinical pathways on RAMIE.
1 day per week is reserved for will research activities.
- 3 full days per week in are spend in theatre.
- A typical week will offer the fellow 3-6 Upper GI procedures.
- The fellow will be trained to assist/aim to perform thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomies. Benign Upper GI surgery may be part of the start of the training program. The fellow will be scrubbed in over 60 surgical procedures in this fellowship.
Evaluation and assessment
- Pre and post fellowship tests. Simulator rides.
- Database to evaluate the learning curve.
- The fellowship aims to work towards UEMS OesophagoGastric certification in cooperation with the home institute of the fellow. The UEMS requirements can be found on the website https://www.uemssurg.org/divisions/ecs-surgery. It is clear that this should include the experience in upper GI obtained in the home institute. The one year fellowship is an addition to the previous experience.
The main selection criteria include:
Surgeons who have completed their general surgical training and are licensed to practice as a general surgeon can apply. Candidates should be endorsed by their home institute by means of a support letter from the head of department.
More specific criteria:
- Experience with minimally invasive surgery and esophageal surgery
- Demonstrated experience with research
- Willingness to contribute to ongoing research projects and write at least one scientific paper during the Fellowship
- Understanding of English language in speaking and scientific writing