TASSL Curricula
- Basic Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program
The Basic Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program is a series of
12 commonly used knot-tying and suturing techniques. The tasks are
designed to help students and residents gain proficiency with different
types of suture, instruments, different types of knots, various suturing
techniques, finger dexterity, and hand-eye coordination.
- Intermediate Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program
The Intermediate Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program is a series of 6 commonly used
knot-tying and suturing techniques. The exercises are designed to help students and residents gain
proficiency with more advanced types of knot-tying and suturing.
- Advanced Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program
The Advanced Open Knot-Tying and Suturing Skills Training Program is a series of 9
knot-tying and suturing techniques. The exercises are designed to help students and residents gain
proficiency with knot-tying and suturing exercises while wearing gloves, working with finer suture, and tying with the non-dominant hand.
- Needle Manipulation Training Program
The Needle Manipulation Training Program is a series of 3 exercises. The exercises are designed to help students and residents gain
proficiency with grasping the needle in the proper location/orientation, loading the needle in the field,
estimating needle travel, suturing forehand, suturing backhand, and suturing at odd angles.
The exercises are completed with regular and Castroviejo needle drivers.
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Training Program
The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Training Program is a series of 5
laparoscopic tasks designed to help students and residents develop
proficiency with laparoscopic instruments. The tasks focus on training
hand-eye coordination, using the non-dominant hand, functioning in a
3-dimensional space while viewing a 2-dimensional display, overcoming
the fulcrum effect, and managing the differences in tactile (haptic)
feedback.
- Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum
The Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum is a
series of 2 endoscopic tasks designed to help students and residents
develop proficiency with endoscopic instruments.
- Robotic Surgery Curriculum
The Robotic Surgery Curriculum is a
series of 7 robotic surgery exercises on the Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci Skills Simulator designed to help students and residents
develop proficiency with robotic surgical techniques.
- Central Venous Access Rubrics
- Airway Management Rubrics
- Anastomotic Techniques Rubrics
