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European society of pediatric endoscopic surgeons (ESPES) guidelines for training program in pediatric minimally invasive surgery

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this paper was to propose structured guidelines for a European pediatric MIS training program created by ESPES.

Methods

A questionnaire, focused on how the pediatric training program in MIS has to be structured, was proposed to all participants at the ESPES Congress in Marseille in 2013.

Results

We received 178 questionnaires but only 139 questionnaires were fully completed and analyzed. All respondents agree that the training program has to be divided into 4 steps: (1) theoretical part: 2 theoretical courses in laparoscopy (101/139 respondents, 72.7 %), 1 theoretical course in retroperitoneoscopy (99/139 respondents, 71.2 %) and 1 in thoracoscopy (91/139 respondents, 65.5 %); (2) experimental part: 10–20 h of training on pelvic trainer (103/139 respondents, 74.1 %) and 10 h of training on animal models (91/139 respondents, 65.5 %); (3) stages in European centers of reference for MIS: a 1–3 months stage (96/139 respondents, 69.1 %); (4) personal experience: 30 procedures as cameraman (98/139 respondents, 70.5 %) and >50 basic MIS procedures as main surgeon under supervision (114/139 respondents, 82 %).

Conclusions

On the basis of our survey ESPES MIS training curriculum for pediatric surgeons must contain the following educational components: (1) theoretical knowledge; (2) practice-based learning and improvement in experimental setting; (3) stages in European centers of reference for MIS; (4) personal operative experience. At the end of the training program, ESPES will analyze the candidate training booklet and release for each applicant an ESPES certification after an exam.

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  1. Department of Traslational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Surgery Unit, Federico II University, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Mariapina Cerulo & Alessandro Settimi

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chelsea Children’s Hospital, London, UK

    Amulya Saxena

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital de Bicetre, Paris, France

    Philippe Montupet

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

    Fabio Chiarenza

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain

    Juan De Agustin

  6. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maria Sklodowska Curie Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania

    Isabela Magdalena Draghici

  7. Department of Pediatric Surgery, San Giovanni Hospital, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Mario Mendoza Sagaon

  8. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Vincenzo Di Benedetto

  9. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Piergiorgio Gamba

  10. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children Hospital NHS Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Azad Najmaldin

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Esposito, C., Escolino, M., Saxena, A. et al. European society of pediatric endoscopic surgeons (ESPES) guidelines for training program in pediatric minimally invasive surgery. Pediatr Surg Int 31, 367–373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3672-5

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