Symbiosis Centre for
Health Skills (SCHS), Department of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University
(SIU) in collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), England launched
the first ever Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course in Pune on 18th
and 19th January 2019 at Symbiosis International (Deemed
University).
The BSS is
internationally accepted as the Gold standard in the training of surgeons. The
World over there is an increasing demand for this course and every surgical
professional in the West is required to undergo this Course as a mandatory
pre-requisite.
The two-days intensive
hands on training course is designed to introduce Surgeons to safe surgical
practice and aims to teach the correct basic surgical techniques by means of a
structured curriculum common to all forms of surgery. The course thus provides
an opportunity to surgeons (in training as well as established) to upgrade
their clinical skills on par with international norms and standards and remain
updated with the latest developments. The Course covers the following three
main areas viz. Open surgery, Electro surgery, Endoscopic
surgery.
Dr. Drabble Eric Harold
& Ms. Gill Vessey from RCS England were the faculty from UK. Delegates
comprised of general and orthopedic surgeons across India.