MOET courses are technically-oriented, involving intensive skills development for clinical application. Learning a high standard of laparoscopic operative skills focused on laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knot tying for manual tissue approximation is the primary goal for our curricula.
The MOET Institute offers laparoscopic surgical training courses to surgeons in a wide variety of specialties. Clinical procedures are not taught in our programs, and live animal models are not used. Inanimate and fresh animal tissue are employed to create progressively challenging training models that simulate laparoscopic clinical procedures. Examples include:
- General Surgery: gastrostomy, gastrojejeunostomy, enteroenterostomy, pyloroplasty, choledochotomy, choledocojejeunostomy and other surgeries
- Gynecology: repair of bladder injury, vaginal cuff, myomectomy, bowel injury and other surgeries
- Urology: repair of bladder injury, vesicourethral anastomosis, pyeloplasty, and other surgeries
Participants work at individual training stations with state-of-the-art clinical equipment and instrumentation. MOET also offers equipment for photo and video documentationof the participant’s work at MOET for personal use or for presentation and reporting purposes.
MOET training offers a personal tutorial approach that is individually paced and considers each participant’s experience, skill level, interests, and goals. Instructors assess the participant’s initial skill level and design a curriculum of exercises with increasing difficulty levels to enable the surgeon to gain competence in his or her desired goals. Instructors also continually monitor participants on a one-on-one basis and offer continuous feedback while allowing for learner-centered development and discovery. Class sizes are small—a maximum of three students are taught in each course.
Topics include the following:
- Improvement of visual perception and eye-hand coordination
- Proper tissue-handling techniques
- Meticulous techniques for laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knotting techniques
- Features of instrumentation, equipment, and sutures that affect performance and efficacy
- Optimization of the equipment settings and surgical field arrangement
- Application of ergonomic principles
- Establishment and reinforcement of good habits; correction of erroneous technique
- Strategies for implementation and troubleshooting
- A comprehensive approach to laparoscopic surgical skill development for both fundamental techniques as well as nuanced execution
- Fluently choreographed movements
- The Economy of Motion principle
- Ambidextrous techniques
- Established skills standards and self-evaluation methods
The ultimate goal for the surgeon is to demonstrate efficient, safe, and flawless technique as well as an elegant overall surgical approach.
Audience
Formal one-on-one training and small group classes are designed for:
- the clinician without previous laparoscopic surgical experience
- the clinician who is self-taught and wishes to have his techniques consolidated and updated, reducing the time and effort needed to adapt surgical skills for clinical use
- the clinician who has taken courses or has assisted and/or performed in clinical cases and wishes to:
- Refine surgical technique
- Improve efficiency and results
- Reduce operating time and fatigue
- the resident or fellow who wishes to become proficient for clinical and/or research applications
- the resident who wishes to apply for a fellowship that lists laparoscopic skills as a prerequisite
Objectives
To acquire knowledge of:
- Basic and/or advanced laparoscopic surgical principles and techniques
- Proper physical and mental approach to laparoscopy
To develop:
- Control, efficiency, and confidence when working under magnification
- Facility with instrumentation and the mechanics of the operating equipment
- Skill level to approach 100% technical patency
To increase proficiency in:
- eye-hand coordination
- needle handling
- atraumatic tissue dissection
- various anastomotic techniques
- comprehensive surgical strategy
To review:
- A historical perspective of magnified surgery
- Current clinical laparoscopic surgical applications and techniques
- Current obstacles, potential research, and applications
| Name of Course | Intended for | Topics* | Length | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills Course | The general surgeon who has performed laparoscopic cholecystectomies and is interested in exploring advanced laparoscopic procedures and suturing techniques. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing and Skills Course | The general surgeon experienced in laparoscopic cholecystectomies, has some laparoscopic suturing experience, and is interested in exploring advanced laparoscopic procedures and further refining his or her suturing techniques. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Basic and Advanced Course on Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills | The general surgeon who has a strong interest in laparoscopy, may have some experience in laparoscopic procedures and wishes to acquire proficient skills and/or mastery of laparoscopic suturing, anastomosis, and intracorporeal knotting skills. |
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40 hours (5 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,500
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $2,000 |
| Name of Course | Intended for | Topics* | Length | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills Course | The gynecologist who is experienced in operative laparoscopy and is interested in exploring advanced laparoscopic suturing techniques and procedures. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing and Skills Course | The gynecologist who has experience in laparoscopic procedures and suturing techniques, or may have experience with microscopic tubal anastomosis via laparotomy or minilaparotomy, and wishes to refine his or her technique. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Basic and Advanced Course on Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills | The gynecologist who has a strong interest in operative laparoscopy and wishes to acquire proficient skills and/or mastery of laparoscopic suturing, anastomosis, and intracorporeal knotting skills. |
|
40 hours (5 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,500
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $2,000 |
| Name of Course | Intended for | Topics* | Length | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills Course | The urologist who has performed laparoscopic pelvic procedures and is interested in exploring advanced laparoscopic suturing techniques and procedures. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing and Skills Course | The urologist who is experienced in performing laparoscopic pelvic procedures and laparoscopic suturing, and wishes to refine his or her technique. |
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20 hours (3 days) | Practicing physicians: $2,000
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $1,500 |
| Basic and Advanced Course on Laparoscopic Suturing and Surgical Skills | The urologist who has a strong interest in laparoscopic procedures, may have some experience in laparoscopic procedures, and wishes to acquire proficient skills and/or mastery of laparoscopic suturing, anastomosis, and intracorporeal knotting. |
|
40 hours (5 days) | Practicing Physicians: $2,500
Residents, Fellows, and Physician Assistants: $2,000 |
*Optional procedures:
Although each course covers a particular set of topics, the student may request to learn certain procedures of interest (provided that time and the student’s skill level allow for such modification of the curriculum).
To register for courses, please go to our registration page to download an enrollment form. If you have any questions about the courses, please contact the administrator at [email protected].