Surgical Skills Curriculum Weekly Sessions
- Each PGY year meets monthly
- PGY based curriculum
- Different training venues
- Inanimate models
- Animate models
- Task trainers
- Simulators
PGY 1s:
- Intro to tools, suture (inanimate)
- SCARED course (HPS)
- Suturing/knot tying/incisional biopsies (inaminate)
- Central line (simulator)
- Hernias (inaminate models)
- Trachs and cricothyroid (simulator)
- Chest tubes and thoracentesis (simulator)
PGY 2s:
- Basic laparoscopy (FLS certification)
- Lap chole ( porcine model)
- Critical care management (HPS)
- Endoscopy (simulators)
- Bowel anastomosis (inanimate and animate models)
- Vascular anastomosis (inanimate)
- Basic ultrasound (inanimate)
- Intro to lap suturing (task trainers and simulators)
PGY 3s:
- Bowel anastomosis ( animate model)
- Lap suturing ( task trainers & simulators)
- Vascular anastomosis (inanimate)
- Trauma mobilization ( cadavers)
- Da Vinci robotic training
- Advanced ultrasound (inanimate)
- Trauma management (HPS)
- Complete operations ( open)
PGY 4s:
- Lap suturing (task trainer and simulators)
- Lap splenectomy and adrenalectomy (cadaver)
- Intraoperative ultrasound (inanimate)
- Lap fundoplication (porcine model)
- Crisis Resource Management (HPS)
- DaVinci training
Goodman Center:
- Will house:
-Trainers
-Simulators
-Inanimate models - Practice, practice, practice!
- Educational research
- Surgical Education Fellowship
You can find a current Surgical Skills schedule on our Scalpel website (http://scalpel.stanford.edu/) and by clicking on the “Stanford Calendar”.
