7th Hands on Basic Surgical Skills course (HOBSS) ( Sept 2023)

Course Dates:

• 8 September 2023 From 08:00 : – 16:00 KSA time Onsite 
• 9 September 2023 From 08:00 : – 16:00 KSA time Onsite 

– Accessibility Online lectures: to be attended prior to Hands on sessions
– Accessibility to recorded videos of basic surgical skill.
– Course content will be closed on 16 September 2023

Course Location: Riyadh , KSA ( Venue Click here )

One of the required Courses by SCFHS for Saudi Board Training Programs

Limited for 20 Participants 

Course Price: 2298 SAR ( including a complementary suturing kit that includes ( Surgical Knife Holder, Needle Holder, Forceps, Artery Forceps , silicon pad and sutures ) & ( Including tax )

Course Scientific Committee:

– Dr.Haitham Badr, Consultant OBGYN
– Dr.Abdullah AlShehri , Consultant OBGYN and Urogynecology
– Dr.Yasser Habash, Consultant OBGYN
– Dr.Ahmad Talal Shamsy , Consultant OBGYN

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Use of surgical knife
• Use of scissors
• Use of tissue forceps
• Handling sharps in OR
• Left- and right-hand instrumentation
• One hand knotting technique
• Two hands knotting technique
• Instrumental knotting technique
• Suturing under tension
• Interrupted suturing
• Continuous locked and unlocked suturing
• Hemostatic stiches such as figure of 8 and square knots
• Vertical mattress suture
• Horizontal mattress suture
• Subcuticular stitching

Course Description: 

This is an intensive, hands-on, course that is divided into three days with over 18 hours of pure practical training. The course is aimed to teach and help all health workers who deal with surgical or trauma patients to master the necessary and basic surgical skills.

There will be the use of dry and different animal simulated materials to give the participant the feel of suturing in different situations. The candidate will have the chance to highly focused training and practice different suturing techniques on animal models.

There will be many important topics covered which are essential for safety and patients are directly related to Essential safety requirement (ESR) which are directly related to all healthcare accreditation bodies including CBAHI and JCIA 

Course Objective:

• To learn and master the basic surgical techniques in knotting, handling sharps and suturing
• To be familiar with different types of sutures, threads, and needles
• To be familiar to different surgical instruments with safe surgical practice
• To apply the different techniques on a practicing pad and animal model

Target Audience:

• All physicians
• Nurses
• Medical Interns
• Technicians

Please Note that : a Certificate of attendance is going to be provided upon completion of the course requirements. 

By enrolling in this course you declare that you will not share the course content. Sharing or downloading the recorded content will subject you to legal consequences .
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