You’ve experienced FLS...

Now SAGES is proud to present

FES
FUNDAMENTALS
OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

What is the make-up of the FES program?

The FES program is comprised of several components:

An interactive web-based multimedia-enhanced
didactic curriculum that covers:
· Technology
· Patient Preparation
· Anesthesia/ Conscious Sedation/
Monitoring/ Recovery
· Upper Endoscopy
· Colonoscopy
· ERCP
· Endoscopic Therapies
What is FES?
A validated assessment program that is
The Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) Program is: web-based for evaluating knowledge and
· A test of knowledge and skills in flexible judgment
gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy
· The flexible endoscopy equivalent of the A virtual reality platform to evaluate
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) fundamental technical skills including:
Program developed by SAGES · Navigation
· Designed to set a benchmark for the knowledge · Loop Reduction
and skills required to form a foundation for · Retroflexion
the practice of flexible GI endoscopy · Mucosal Evaluation
· The first validated tool to assess this area · Targeting

The online didactic materials will be available, along with testing at select locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, in early 2011.

SAGES does not endorse any specific manufacturer or product in developing any of its training or testing protocols. FES is not meant to
be a credentialing or hospital privileging tool and will not replace clinical experience or cognitive endoscopic and GI disease training.

Jessica Mischna
FES Coordinator
For more information:
310.437.0544 ext. 139 w w w. fe s p ro g ra m . o rg
Jessica@fesprogram.org