Conference
Trends in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery® (FLS) certification exam over the past 9 years
Abstract
BackgroundThe Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery® (FLS) certification exam assesses both cognitive and manual skills, and has been administered for over a decade. The purpose of this study is to report results over the past 9 years of testing in order to identify trends over time and evaluate the need to update scoring practices. This is a quality initiative of the SAGES FLS committee.MethodsA representative sample of FLS exam data from 2008 …
Authors
Bilgic E; Kaneva P; Okrainec A; Ritter EM; Schwaitzberg SD; Vassiliou MC
Volume
32
Pagination
pp. 2101-2105
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2018
DOI
10.1007/s00464-017-5907-0
Conference proceedings
Surgical Endoscopy
Issue
4
ISSN
0930-2794