Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Minimally Invasive Surgery - Hand/Wrist
Abstract number: 23553
ENDOSCOPIC CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME TREATMENT - AN ON-LINE
TRAINING COURSE
Keti TOKMAKOVA, Petar MOLCHOVSKI
Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv (BULGARIA)
Endoscopic carpal tunnel release is gaining increasing acceptance relative to open
release procedures for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Training of surgeons
is an important task in the process of introduction and dissemination of any surgical
procedure. There is a learning curve in the case of endoscopic carpal tunnel release,
as the surgeon must become familiar with the endoscopic equipment and gain
knowledge of the endoscopic carpal tunnel anatomy, fundamentals of the technique
and possible complications before performing the procedure. In our study a need
analysis of medical students, residents and orthopaedic surgeons and
neurosurgeons in Bulgaria, Ireland, and Greece was performed and the survey
showed that there is need for training physicians using eLearning materials. A course
on endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery was created by selecting the course
content corresponding to the needs of the identified by the need analysis targeted
trainees; providing expertise in the procedures and sharing experience and surgical
outcomes of patients; providing specific treatment recommendations; participating in
the pilot test of the system and implementing the eLearning materials in the teaching
programme of the Medical University in Plovdiv and the eHealth system in Bulgaria.
The course will be presented as a performance support system in DIPSEIL system
and will be available for review and educational and training purposes.
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