Collaboration - Limbs & Things and SAGES
Since 2015, Limbs & Things has proudly worked with SAGES, having been granted exclusive rights for the sale and fulfilment of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery™ (FLS) products. Since the beginning of this partnership, thousands of trainers have been produced, and over a million tasks have been delivered.
What does the FLS Program consist of?
FLS Didactic Curriculum
Hands-on manual skills tasks
Skills & written FLS exam
FLS establishes a standard set of didactic information and manual skills serving as a basic curriculum to guide surgical residents, fellows and practicing surgeons in the performance of basic laparoscopic surgery.
By mastering the curriculum and gathering of skills in this inanimate modality, it is expected that surgical residents and surgeons will initiate and carry out their performance of laparoscopy more effectively, with greater skill, greater safety, and with lower complication rates than previously.
The specific aim of FLS is that the knowledge and skills gained by those who master the FLS curriculum will improve the quality and safety of surgical care delivered to their patients.
FLS was designed for surgical residents, fellows and practicing physicians to learn and practice laparoscopic skills to have the opportunity to definitely measure and document those skills.
The FLS Test measures cognitive knowledge, case/problem management skills and manual dexterity. The FLS program content has been endorsed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and is a joint educational offering of SAGES and ACS. FLS is also CME accredited.
Valuable as a foundation or supplement to any current MIS curriculum, FLS is also an appropriate learning tool for disciplines such as gynecology and urology, as FLS is not procedure-specific.
FLS Objectives
- To improve the quality of care received by patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery
- To set minimum standards for basic cognitive and technical skills used in performing laparoscopic procedures
- To provide surgeons practicing laparoscopy with standardized didactic information on the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery and a tool to assist in development of judgment and manual skills
- To create an objective quantifiable measure to assess knowledge, judgment and manual skills in basic laparoscopic surgery
- To make available to hospitals and institutions a validated tool to measure the knowledge and skills fundamental to the performance of laparoscopic surgery
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About Limbs & Things
Improving patient outcomes through a realistic training experience
Limbs & Things are a market-leading developer and manufacturer of medical training simulation products.
Our innovative products inspire competent and confident learning, in turn improving patient outcomes and reducing medical error. Collaborating with clinicians and healthcare professionals to design realistic yet practical simulation models, our trainers are made to facilitate curriculum requirements.
Specializing in physical examination, procedural and specialist skills, our comprehensive trainer range provides the ideal hands-on training solution for organizations from education to military.
Based in Bristol, UK, we have offices in the USA, Australia and Sweden with over 80 distributors worldwide.