06.45 – 08.20    Morning sessions

13.45 – 15.15    Afternoon sessions (Sunday, 5 September)
15.30 – 17.00

19.30 – 21.30    Evening session (Friday, 3 September)
19.00 – 21.00    Evening sessions

Participants can only participate in 1 workshop. Times and dates are allocated by the ESU office.
   
Sharpen your skills at the Dry Lab courses which offer hands-on interaction with state-of-the-art equipment.

The European Urology Residents Education Programme (EUREP) offers during the EUREP course in Prague an intensive hands-on laparoscopy training sponsored by Olympus.

The workshop gives everyone the opportunity to train in basic techniques with lap trainers and suturing under expert supervision. Thanks to the intense tutoring by one trainer for two individuals we expect a fast learning effect.

The courses are designed specifically for individuals with minimal or no prior experience with laparoscopic suturing, but tutors will also adapt tasks for more experienced individuals. Basic techniques will be trained in a dedicated step-by step programme including intracorporeal suturing depending on individual skill level. Handout materials will also be provided that includes basic material lists.

Training Modules

Insertion of the trocars
• Insertion in working direction
• Distance of the trocars
• Angle between the trocars
• 3/5 trocar approach

Use of all instruments in the LapTrainer under 2D vision
• Handling and manipulation 0° field of view
• Working in a team cameraman surgeon
• Handling of the instruments bimanual
• Coordination of left and right hand
• Learn the third dimension
• Move beans and rings in the LapTrainer on a nailboard

Suturing techniques with suture & different skin pads:
• Interrupted suturing
• Continuous suturing

Advanced suturing (optional)
• Circular suturing
• Anastomosis

Your activities may be recorded for purposes of data collection.

Tutors
J. Adshead, London (GB)
B. Bynens, Genk (BE)
F. D’Ancona, Nijmegen (NL)
T. Kalogeropoulos, Athens (GR)
J. Klecka, Plzen (CZ)
B. Knipscheer, Emmen (NL)
J. Kocarek, Prague (CZ)
S. Larré, Sheffield (GB)
P. Macek, Prague (CZ)
A. Minervini, Florence (IT)
M. Naudin, Mons (BE)
K. Novak, Prague (CZ)
R. Rabenalt, Leipzig (DE)
M. Sedelaar, Nijmegen (NL)
B. Van Cleynenbreugel, Leuven (BE)

The workshops on laparoscopy hands-on-training are sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from