FALS BARIATIC GUIDELINES
FALS BARIATIC
GUIDELINES
About FALS Fellowship Course
This course is to train senior or advanced laparoscopic surgeons and to keep the members abreast with recent advancements in advanced laparoscopic procedures. FALS courses are organized in various sub- specialties such as hernia, bariatric surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, colorectal surgery and oncology, HPB and robotic surgery.
FELLOWSHIP
CATEGORY
Eligibility Criteria:
• IAGES MEMBERSHIP IS MUST.
Those who are not members may apply for membership online. See the website www.iages.infor more details
(A) Non-Examination category
• Surgeons who have been doing laparoscopic surgery in the chosen field for 10 or more years are eligible for Non-Examination Category. Candidates should have performed more than 100 laparoscopic surgeries in the chosen subspecialty and need to submit a logbook to substantiate the claim.
• All the candidates will be interviewed by the IAGES board for final assessment before the award of fellowship.
(B) Examination Category
• All surgeons with a minimum of five years experience in the chosen specialty of laparoscopic surgery after post-graduation can apply in this category.
• The applicant should have performed over 25 laparoscopic procedures in the chosen specialty either jointly or independently.
• All the candidates would appear for MCQ assessment and Viva by the IAGES FALS board for final assessment during the forthcoming annual national conference before awarding the fellowship.
Non-Fellowship
Category
• FALS course is also open to Non-members and all surgical postgraduates and interested surgeons across the globe, under the non-Fellowship category wherein they are eligible to take this course and receive the Certificate of completion of FALS course.
• They could register and participate in the annual national conference as Postgraduates or Non-member category.
LOGBOOK
• Age/Sex/Surgery/Role/Post-op course/Complication/Remarks
• Role – Assisted/under supervision/Independent (as drop down)
• Post-op course – Uneventful / Eventful (as drop down)
• Complications Infection, Bleeding, Leak, Stricture, Obstruction, Others (type if others) as
drop down
• Remarks Type the outcome of the event, if patient has been conservatively managed, Recovered, Diseased, Transferred, etc.
FALS BARIATRIC SURGERY
FELLOWSHIP COURSE MODULES
| S.No. | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | History & evolution of bariatric surgery |
| 2 | Setting up of bariatric programme |
| 3 | Bariatric Guidelines - Why they are different for India? |
| 4 | How to prepare the patient for bariatric surgery |
| 5 | Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery - "What is special" |
| 6 | Mechanism(s) of Bariatric surgeries & Outcomes |
| 7 | Evidence Based Procedure Selection - Does an algorithm exists? |
| 8 | Sleeve Gastrectomy - Step by Step "What is going to make it work" |
| 9 | Interesting complications other than leaks in Sleeve & their management-Video based |
| 10 | RyGB-Step by Step of various techniques |
| 11 | Complications of RyGB& their management |
| 12 | OAGB-step by step & technical variations |
| 13 | OAGB Complications & their management |
| 14 | Other Bariatric (non endoscopic) surgeries |
| 15 | Endoscopic weight loss options |
| 16 | Weight regain after bariatric surgery now what? |
| 17 | Why band a bariatric procedure |
| 18 | Single port/Robotic bariatric surgery - "Where do we stand" |
| 19 | Follow up protocol and nutritional supplementation |
| 20 | Obesity surgery in adolescent & elderly expectation, safety & outcomes |
| 21 | VTE risk mitigation - assessment & stepsRGEONS |
| 22 | Enhanced recovery after bariatric surgery |
| 23 | Management of ventral hernias in morbidly obese patients |
| 24 | Prediction of Diabetes Remission -"Role of scoring system" |
| 25 | Importance and ways of follow up -"Is it over rated" |
| 26 | Uncommon Complications encountered in bariatric surgery |
| 27 | Safety in bariatric surgery |
| 28 | Hiatus Hernia and Sleeve |
| 29 | Staple line- Reinforcement in Sleeve gastrectomy- options & current status |
| 30 | Conversion of sleeve to "What, When & How" |
| 31 | Sleeve leaks and its Management |
TIME SLOTS FOR
• HANDS ON SUTURING IN LAP TRAINER:
- Demonstration by faculty
- Session wise Training by delegates/ under supervision
• MEET THE PROFESSOR SESSION:
- ATTEND ANY ONE FOR 45 MIN
• TROUBLE SHOOTING IN LAP CHOLE
• SETTING UP A LAPAROSCOPY UNIT:
• MOVING FROM BASIC TO ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC
• SURGERY: Challenges and Solutions
• LAP GROIN HERNIA: TIPS FOR BEGINNERS
ASSESSMENT OF FIAGES FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATES
• The candidate is expected to know all important facts in Chosen subspecialty in laparoscopic surgery.
• Written Paper Timings: 60 minutes
• The written paper should have 100 MCQ questions (single best response type).
• Maximum marks: 100
• Practical Examination
Interview/assessment for approximately 10 minutes on each candidate. The candidates are divided in to batches and are interviewed by the two or more senior most faculty members of IAGES depending upon the number of candidates. Maximum of 50 marks are allotted for the interview.
Outcome of the written and practical assessment will be prepared by the organizing team with the help of the Fellowship board and to be signed and to be sent to the President with a copy to the Hon Secretary Office and FIAGES board and results will be published on the IAGES website.
• Successful candidates would be expected to attend the subsequent annual conference and convocation to receive the fellowship certificate. The Fellowship certificate would only be posted to the candidate if he/she fails to attend two consecutive annual congress/convocation.
