The GESEA – Level 1 (Bachelor) European Certification Course provides the necessary skills to learn how to handle laparoscopic and hysteroscopic instruments in the practice of minimally invasive techniques in gynaecological surgery.

It is essential for healthcare organisations to be able to objectively measure individual technical competencies and define the minimum entry requirements for surgical training in a real-life operating room environment. Aware of this need and committed to excellence, Hospital da Luz Learning Health has obtained European certification and is currently recognised as a GESEA Diploma Centre (Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgical Education and Assessment).

The Gynaecological Endoscopy Course aims to provide training and practice in minimally invasive surgical techniques, with the goal of acquiring proficiency in laparoscopic and hysteroscopic techniques included in the Karl Storz training modules.

Recipients:

Medical residents and specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics.

Main Goals

By the end of the course, participants should be able to handle laparoscopic and hysteroscopic instruments, using the correct techniques and procedures to obtain the European certification for the practice of minimally invasive gynaecological surgery.

Prerequisites

• Have observed at least 30 endoscopic procedures.

• Have attended at least one congress or workshop with an endoscopy component.

• Have completed the e-Learning (subject to additional cost) on the Websurg platform and obtained the Certificate of Completion.

Duration
The course has an approximate duration of 4 hours.

Certification
This course is certified by:

• Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgical Education and Assessment (GESEA Diploma Centre)

• Portuguese Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (DGERT)

Terms and Conditions

By registering, the participant undertakes, within the scope of the aforementioned training course, to respect copyright and to treat all personal data to which he/she has access as confidential, refraining from using it for purposes other than this training course.

In this context, you also undertake not to copy, reproduce, adapt, alter, delete, destroy, disseminate, transmit, disclose or in any other way make available to third parties the aforementioned information to which you have direct or indirect access, or of which you become aware as a result of the training, without having been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Hospital da Luz Learning Health.

In the context of this training activity, personal data is collected and processed, see our full privacy notice here: Luz Saúde

Cancellation Policy

Requests received up to 2 weeks before the date of the training - 100% refund of the registration fee. After this period there will be no refund.

Hospital da Luz Learning Health reserves the right to cancel this training in the event of force majeure, and trainees will be informed in good time of the cancellation and refunded 100%.

Further information

For more information about the course, click on “Program”.