Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery
Curriculum for CMH Surgical Residents
Module 1: Technology
- Characteristics of Endoscopes
- Equipment Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Care
Module 2: Patient Preparation
- Informed Consent
- Anesthesia Risk Assessment
- Bowel Preparation
- Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy
- Management of Anticoagulation
Module 3: Sedation & Analgesia
- Monitoring
- Moderate Sedation
- Medications
- Recovery
- Alternative Sedation
- Small Caliber Endoscopy
Module 4: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Indications
- Preparation
- Diagnostic EGD
- Complications
Module 5: Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Indications
- Preparation
Module 6: Performing Lower GI Procedures
- Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- Rigid Endoscopy
- Lower GI Endoscopy
- Important Considerations
Module 7: Lower GI Anatomy, Pathology, and Complications
- Pathology Recognition
- Complications
Module 8: Didactic ERCP
- Indications
- Preparation
- Performance of ERCP
- Complications
- Pathology Recognition
Module 9: Hemostasis
- Non-thermal Techniques
- Thermal Techniques
Module 10: Tissue Removal
- Respective Techniques
- Sampling Techniques
- Ablative Techniques
Module 11: Enteral Access
- Preparation
- Indications
- PEG
- Procedures with PEJ
- Replacement
- Complications
Module 12: Endoscopic Therapies
- Dilation
- Foreign Body Removal
- Transgastric Laparoendoscopy
- Choledochoscopy
- Intraoperative Endoscopy
- Tumor Localization
