Intro/Overview Exam Questions and
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What does FLS a stand for? - ✔✔Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
What does SAGES stand for? - ✔✔Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic
Surgeons
Define the FLS Program - ✔✔- Comprehensive web-based education program
- Hands-on skills
Goals of FLS program - ✔✔- To provide surgeons an opportunity to learn
- To improve quality of patient care
FLS program components - ✔✔1. Education
a) Online didactics
b) Skills training proficiency curriculum
2. Assessment
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, a) Written test
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b) Technical Skills
=
FLS Certification
FLS Certification = ________ CME credits - ✔✔12
Why was FLS designed? - ✔✔FLS was designed to teach and assess cognitive
knowledge and technical skills 'fundamental to the performance of basic laparoscopic
surgery'
The cognitive didactic material is in: - ✔✔Web-based 'textbook'
The cognitive examination was developed using what kind of criteria? - ✔✔High-stakes
criteria
FLS Didactic Content - ✔✔Modules:
I. Preoperative Considerations
II. Intraoperative Considerations
III. Basic Laparoscopic Procedures
IV. Postoperative Care & Complications
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