The congress can be described as the commitment of all participants to act for safe surgery in our current and future patients.
Dr Martin Ålund, Orthopaedics, Gothenburg, Sweden
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I believe that the most important reason to attend is to participate in a cross-pollination of ideas. Different surgical organizations have led the way in different areas, ie some in simulation, others in proficiency-based training, still others in cognitive skills (emotion, confidence, etc). I imagine that attending the Surgicon conference and sharing all of the exciting new concepts will be like being a “kid in a candy store”!
Dr Richard L Angelo, Orthopaedics, President of AANA, Washington, USA
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Simulation will be a multi-billion dollar industry: We need to shape its future.
Pr Richard K. Reznick, General Surgery, Dean, Queens University, Ontario, Canada
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This is a “Must Attend Meeting”.
The non-uniform proliferation of technology, techniques and understanding leaves us confused. We have been following the age old processes, practically blindly. Believing, of course, that it is the best method! The resource crunch in our healthcare infrastructure makes it more difficult to select newer technologies. Members of our fraternity trained abroad, return with exciting skills, not easily transferable. The Surgicon Congress for me, will be the first step in bridging the gap.
Dr Sudhir Warrier, Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery, Mumbai, India
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This congress is the most important that has happened in "Surgical Training" for years.
Pr. Tore Scherstén, Sweden
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The contribution by this congress to optimize the surgical technique is of utmost importance.
Pr. Peter Herberts, Sweden
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The most important reason to attend is to hear views of my colleagues on aspects of surgical education and to provide my own on the topic assigned.
Pr Carlos A. Pellegrini, General Surgery, Washington, USA
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The time has come to see what the future has to offer because I believe that simulation and learning/training are going to be invaluable tools that are going to shape and define the skills of the coming generations.
Dr Sanjiv Kanagaraja, Maxillofacial Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden
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I wish to explore the possible role of the academic anatomical department in modern surgical skills training, notably regarding the use of dissection resources. Is it an optimal routine to reserve the analysis of donated bodies for medical students at a basic study level?
Pr Bengt R Johansson, Anatomy, Gothenburg, Sweden
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From my view, I am particularly interested in the assessment of competency, and higher cognitive function (professional judgement, higher levels of clinical reasoning etc) in examinations. I also wish to establish contact with my counterparts overseas.
Thirdly, there may be some opportunity for research collaboration in surgical education.
I am really looking forward to the meeting: I saw John Windsor and Richard Hanney in Adelaide last week, and I think we are should benefit greatly from it.
Pr Spencer Beasley, Pediatric Surgery, Christchurch, New Zealand
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My interest in attending is to see how we can do things better locally by encountering how they are being approached in other regions.
Competency based training, simulation, assessment of students and teachers are all evolving. Dr Angelo's comments about cross- pollination are very timely and appropriate.
Dr Richard Hanney, Sydney, Australia
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Simulation and e-learning in particular are now fully integrated into our programme. We would like to use Surgicon to benchmark our utilisation of these new technologies against what other world leaders in surgical education are doing. We also hope to see what innovations we might bring back to incorporate into our curriculum.
Pr Sean Tierney, Surgical Informatics, Dublin, Ireland
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With simulation technologies moving beyond the realm of skill acquisition to address teaching and learning of cognitive skills and clinical judgement, many issues need to be identified and discussed. The Surgicon Congress will facilitate this process and provide a basis for further application development.
Dr Dana K Andersen, General Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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At Surgicon we’ll all participate
New friends, fun and robust debate
New techniques and how to simulate
Training protocols in need to validate
The operative errors we must eliminate
And agenda set for next meet date
Pr Gerald O’Sullivan, General Surgery, Cork, Ireland
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The reason to attend is to establish collaborations for learning and research.
Pr John A Windsor, Head, Department of Surgery, Auckland, New Zealand
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As a teacher in the field of Foot and Ankle surgery I want to improve my education skills and would like to share the experience with the faculty.
Dr Kai Olms, Bad Schwartau, Germany
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For me the reason to attend the Surgicon Congress is: Improve your teaching skills.
There is a lot more, of course, but in times were clinics have to compete about the best students, first we have to improve to really get the best.
Pr Antje Aschendorff, Freiburg University, Germany
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