EASC course builds on the award winning EASC courses which were first held in Donegal Ireland in 2012. EASC courses have expanded around the World, have been run in 12 countries and have been attended by over 4000 surgeons, residents, medical students and nurses. In 2024 in conjunction with the WSES EASC ran a new Train the Trainer Course. EASC is regarded by the majority of particpants as one of the best courses they have ever attended.
EASC curriculum focuses entirely on the acute abdomen, especially bowel and biliary emergencies, in a multidisciplinary shared learning approach. The course is an endorsed course by WSES.
Course Objectives
· Understand an optimal approach to complex emergency abdominal surgery
· Identify intra-operative tips and traps
· Discuss advanced surgical techniques
· Improve your practice delivery as a General Surgeon
Advanced EASC will make you think about what you do when you are on call as a Consultant and bring you all the latest updates combined with the faculty’s wealth of experience from around the World.
Participants receive a synoptic view of the current literature and have to undertake a quiz to complete the course certification. The next course will be on October 17th in Adelaide and then there will be 4 courses in Dublin at RCSI in January 2025. The course will be held in New Zealand, Turkey, and Spain in early 2025.
