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Training the Trainer in Laparoscopic Surgery

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Training in Minimal Access Surgery

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This chapter describes how a surgeon can become a teacher. In addition to providing a training framework of teaching technical skills, the chapter covers other factors including psychological, leadership and human factors that underpin a successful trainer in minimal access surgery. It also explores the concept of conscious competence as a surgeon and a trainer and how can this be applied in teaching advanced laparoscopic skills. Last it provides the lessons learned from the Laparoscopic Colorectal National Training Programme Training the Trainer (LAPCO TT) curriculum that can be applied to other surgical specialities.

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  1. Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

    Mark Coleman

  2. Colorectal Surgery, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Kingston Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4AT, UK

    Nader Francis MB ChB, PLAB, FRCS, PhD

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  1. NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil, United Kingdom

    Nader Francis

  2. Poissy Cedex, France

    Abe Fingerhut

  3. Stony Brook Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Roberto Bergamaschi

  4. Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    Roger Motson

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Coleman, M., Francis, N. (2015). Training the Trainer in Laparoscopic Surgery. In: Francis, N., Fingerhut, A., Bergamaschi, R., Motson, R. (eds) Training in Minimal Access Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6494-4_12

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