IN-SERVICE DIPLOMA COURSE

DIU
Robotic Surgery
(Registrations are currently suspended)

TARGET PUBLIC
• Surgeons: physicians qualified in surgery or in the process of qualifying in surgery in post-internship (whatever their specialisation).
• Assistants in all specialties
• Nurses: OTNs (Operating Theatre Nurses) and RNs (Registered Nurses) in operating theatres, with 3 years of full-time equivalent experience, practicing in robotic surgery or involved in a robotic surgery start-up project.
• Engineers: qualified and employed engineers (Master’s Degree level), and engineering students in their final year (2nd Year Master’s equivalent) wishing to acquire a specialisation in Surgical Robotics.

GENERAL AND EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
the “driving licence” in robotics
Providing the technical and non-technical skills essential to safe performance of the basic procedures in robotic surgery.

ORGANISATION
• 5 hours of e-learning in advance
• One 5-day week at the School of Surgery
Course duration
• 1 week (47 hours) face-to-face
• (VAE: 2 days)

TEACHING AIDS
• dV-Trainer® and Xperience Team Trainer™ simulators
• dVSS® / SimNow® simulators
• da Vinci Robot® (docking, dry lab, wet lab)
• Microsurgery
• Medical Crew Resource Management (Team Training)
• Coelioscopy
• Incident management
• + 7 hours of live case observation and lectures
Validation
• Continuous assessment
• Dry lab and wet lab tests
• Delivery of the University Diploma 

Group size

Learners:
8 surgeons and 4 nurses per session.
Pedagogical Team:
Facilitators are instructors expert in development of technical skills for robotics and non-technical skills (teamwork).
The course and assessments are supervised by academics.
Manager :
Pr. Jacques HUBERT

Cost

• IST: €4,500 incl. tax per learner
• IT (CCAs and interns): €1,000 incl. tax per learner
• VAE Module: €1,100
• €243 University Fees (surgeon option)
• €170 University Fees (nurse option)

Next sessions

• 25 to 29 May 2022
• 13 to 17 June 2022
• 27 June to 1 July 2022
• 26 to 30 September 2022
• 14 to 18 November 2022
• 12 to 16 December 2022

How to enrol:

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