RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Canadian consensus conference on the development of training and practice standards in advanced minimally invasive surgery
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 321
OP 327
VO 52
IS 4
A1 Daniel W. Birch
A1 H. Jaap Bonjer
A1 Claire Crossley
A1 Gayle Burnett
A1 Chris de Gara
A1 Anthony Gomes
A1 John Hagen
A1 Angus G. Maciver
A1 C. Dale Mercer
A1 O. Neely Panton
A1 Chris M. Schlachta
A1 Andy J. Smith
A1 Garth L. Warnock
A1 ,
YR 2009
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/52/4/321.abstract
AB Despite the complexities of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), a Canadian approach to training surgeons in this field does not exist. Whereas a limited number of surgeons are fellowship-trained in the specialty, guidelines are still clearly needed to implement advanced MIS. Leaders in the field of gastrointestinal surgery and MIS attended a consensus conference where they proposed a comprehensive mentoring program that may evolve into a framework for a national mentoring and training system. Leadership and commitment from national experts to define the most appropriate template for introducing new surgical techniques into practice is required. This national framework should also provide flexibility for truly novel procedures such as natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery.