OVERVIEW

Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) Course 2025 is organized by Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) and will be held on Apr 07, 2025 at USF Health CAMLS, Tampa, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
The course provides an overview of key surgical exposures in five key anatomic areas: neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis, extremities, upper and lower. A one day cadaver-based course follows this modular, body region approach. Each section begins with a short case-based overview, followed by a hands-on exposure performed by students under the guidance of faculty. The student to faculty ratio is low, allowing extensive faculty guidance and interaction with students. The student assesses his or her ability to perform each exposure independently and is evaluated on knowledge, and technical skills.

Learning Objectives:
As a result of participating in this activity, the physician will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of key anatomical exposures for the care of injured and acutely ill surgical patients.
Demonstrate his or her technical ability to expose important structures that may require acute surgical intervention to save life or limb.
Gain confidence in performing anatomic exposures independently.
Faculty assessment of a student’s ability to independently perform anatomical exposures will be satisfactory.