NTP Publications

The National Training Programme team have published papers, abstracts, presentations and posts at National and International Scientific meetings which have been led by the Education Team at Imperial College in conjunction with NTP Trainers and our 11 Training Centres. This includes the following:

1.Lapco Reference Documents

See the Department of Health Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer 2011 with reference to Lapco National Training Programme (page 56) and go to 'Programme News' for a summary of the key challenges for cancer in the Government White paper 'Equality and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (July 2010) from Professor Sir Mike Richards at 'Spreading the Winning Principles' Conference.

2. Summary of Prizes, Presentation, Abstracts and Posters at Scientific Meetings

Prizes

2012 Best Oral Presentation TME Symposium, Portsmouth - Impact of the Lapco TT Course Training Behaviour. Mackenzie H, Cuming T, Miskovic D, Wyles S, Francis N, Kneebone R, Coleman M, Hanna G

2011 Best Poster Prize Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI) " Medium Term Results of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery from a National Training Centre" R Maitra, A Acheson, J Smith, C Gornall, J Scholefield, C Maxwell Armstrong

2010 David Dunn Medal for the best paper presentation at the meeting of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI). “Outcomes of the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery” D Miskovic, SM Wyles, A Parvaiz, C Cunningham, MG Coleman, GB Hanna

2010 Best Poster Prize Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI). (“Trainees’ evaluation of the English National Training Programme in laparoscopic colorectal surgery” Susannah M Wyles, Danilo Miskovic, George B Hanna, Mark G Coleman)

2009 John of Arderne Medal for the best paper presentation 2009-2010, including travel fellowship. The Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Coloproctology. (“Global Assessment Score (GAS) – A Simple Assessment Tool for Training in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery”. D Miskovic, SM Wyles, M Coleman, BG Hanna)

Presentations and abstracts at scientific meetings

Training the Trainer in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery - Lapco TT

Nader Francis and Mark Coleman

Presented at European Association Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), June 2012

A cost-benefit analysis of the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic

Colorectal Surgery (Lapco)

www.lapco.nhs.uk/activity-economic-analysis.php

Melody Ni, Hugh Mackenzie, Laura Langsford, Andy McMeeking, Mark Coleman and Prof George

Hanna. Abstract of Cancer Outcomes Conference (CBA) March 2012

Outcomes of the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, A Parvaiz, C Cunningham, MG Coleman, GB Hanna. ALSGBI November 2010,

Nottingham/UK

L-CAT – Laparoscopic colorectal competency assessment tool for specialists within the national

training programme in England.

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, NK Francis, TA Rockall, RH Kennedy, GB Hanna. EAES (European Association

of Endoscopic Surgeons) June 2010, Geneva/ Switzerland.

Fifteen years of learning curves in laparoscopic colorectal surgery – What have we learnt?

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, A Darzi, GB Hanna. EAES (European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons)

June 2010, Geneva/Switzerland.

The UK National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery – can we do it in

Switzerland?

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, MG Coleman, GB Hanna. SGC (Swiss Surgical Association) May 2010,

Interlaken/ Switzerland.

A National Training Programme for laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the UK.

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, MG Coleman, GB Hanna. SAGES World Conference April 2010, National

Harbor/ USA.

Global Assessment Score (GAS) – A Simple Assessment Tool for Training in Laparoscopic

Colorectal Surgery.

D Miskovic, SM Wyles, M Coleman, GB Hanna. Royal Society of Medicine (Section Coloproctology),

London, November 2009

Poster presentations at scientific meetings

A training analysis of the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in

England (LAPCO)

Laura Langsford, Mark Coleman, Andy McMeeking

Cancer Outcomes Conference, June 2012

Trainees’ evaluation of the English National Training Programme in laparoscopic colorectal

surgery. Susannah M Wyles, Danilo Miskovic, George B Hanna, Mark G Coleman,

ALSGBI Nottingham November 2010

Should “touchy feely” feedback play a role in training advanced laparoscopic surgery?

Susannah M Wyles, Danilo Miskovic, John Griffith, Roger Motson, George B Hanna,

ALSGBI Nottingham November 2010

The National Training Programme in laparoscopic colorectal surgery producesexpert clinical

outcomes during training. D Miskovic, SM Wyles, MG Coleman & GB Hanna. Association of

Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, Bournemouth, July 2010

Laboratory based workshops in laparoscopic colorectal training: an analysis of different

techniques used as part of the UK national training programme. S. M. Wyles, D.Miskovic,

G. B. Hanna. ASGBI July 2010, Liverpool/UK.

Impact of a mentor on the early learning curve in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. S M Wyles,

D Miskovic, Z Ni, A W Darzi, G B Hanna (Poster Presentation). Society of American Gastrointestinal

and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Washington DC, April 2010

Can case selection minimise conversion rates in laparoscopic colorectal surgery? S M Wyles,

D Miskovic, Z Ni, A W Darzi, G B Hanna (Poster Presentation). Society of American Gastrointestinal

and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Washington DC, April 2010

Combating the complications of laparoscopic colorectal surgery: can a mentor have an impact?

S M Wyles, D Miskovic, Z Ni, A W Darzi, G B Hanna (Poster Presentation). Association of Laparoscopic

Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Tonbridge/Kent

November 2009

Determining the difficult laparoscopic colorectal case: a step to minimising complications?

S M Wyles, D Miskovic, Z Ni, A W Darzi, G B Hanna (Poster Presentation). Association of Laparoscopic

Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Tonbridge/Kent, November 2009

Educational Impact of the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery –

Preliminary Results after 1 Year. D Miskovic, SM Wyles, M Coleman, BG Hanna (Poster

Presentation) Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Tonbridge/Kent,

November 2009.

Analysis of laboratory-based laparoscopic colorectal surgery workshops within the English National Training Programme (November 2010) Click here to download

Development, Validation and Implementation of a monitoring tool for training in laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the English National Training Programme (September 2010) Click here to download

ALS Poster: Trainees Evaluation of the English National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery with Questionnaire (November 2010) Click here to download the poster and here for the questionnaire

For further information on the publications contact the Imperial College Education team:

Professor George Hanna
Educational Lead
g.hanna@imperial.ac.uk

Hugh Mackenzie
Research Fellow
h.mackenzie@imperial.ac.uk

Melody Ni
Educational Manager
z.ni@imperial.ac.uk

Susannah Wyles
Former Research Fellow
susannah.wyles@imperial.ac.uk

Danilo Miskovic
Former Research Fellow
danilo.miskovic@imperial.ac.uk