Research Article
Objective Assessment of the Core Laparoscopic Skills Course
| Day | Topic |
| 1 | Didactic lectures: | History of laparoscopic surgery | Physiological changes associated with pneumoperitoneum | Simulator training: | Instrumentation | Safe access | Manipulation | Dissection |
| 2 | Didactic lectures: | Appropriate use of energy source | Complications, avoidance, and management | Simulator training: | Suturing and knotting | Diagnostic laparoscopy | Laparoscopic appendicectomy | Repair of perforated duodenal ulcer |
| 3 | Simulator training: | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Continuous suturing |
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