Ensuring competency: Are fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery training and certification necessary for practicing surgeons and operating room personnel?

Construct and face validity of the American College of Surgeons/Association of Program Directors in Surgery laparoscopic troubleshooting team training exercise

(2011) Nabeel A. Arain et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

New directions in simulation-based surgical education and training: Validation and transfer of surgical skills, use of nonsurgeons as faculty, use of simulation to screen and select surgery residents, and long-term follow-up of learners

(2011) Daniel J. Scott et al.   SURGERY

Simulation-based mock codes significantly correlate with improved pediatric patient cardiopulmonary arrest survival rates*

(2010) Pamela Andreatta et al.   Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Two-year skill retention and certification exam performance after fundamentals of laparoscopic skills training and proficiency maintenance

(2010) Lauren B. Mashaud et al.   SURGERY

Trends and results of the first 5 years of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) certification testing

(2010) Allan Okrainec et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Proficiency-based Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery skills training results in durable performance improvement and a uniform certification pass rate

(2010) Madelyn E. Rosenthal et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery simulator training to proficiency improves laparoscopic performance in the operating room—a randomized controlled trial

(2009) Gideon Sroka et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Pediatric Urology Training: Performance-Based Assessment Using the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery

(2009) Ryan Brydges et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Malpractice carrier underwrites Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery training and testing: a benchmark for patient safety

(2009) Alexandre Y. Derevianko et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Validity of using Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program to assess laparoscopic competence for gynecologists

(2009) Bin Zheng et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

2009 Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress

(2009) Doug Bonacum et al.   Journal of Patient Safety

High-fidelity, simulation-based, interdisciplinary operating room team training at the point of care

(2008) John T. Paige et al.   SURGERY

Certification pass rate of 100% for fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery skills after proficiency-based training

(2008) Daniel J. Scott et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES