The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Emergency Surgery Course: Initial experience in Japan

• Published in: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Vol. 95; no. 2; p. e3
• Main Authors: Morishita, Koji, Coimbra, Raul, Ito, Kaori, Otomo, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: United States 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Acute Disease; General Surgery - education; Humans; Japan; Pancreatitis; Surgeons; United States; United States; Japan
• ISSN: 2163-0763
• DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003995

Acute care surgery has recently been recognized as a field of surgery in Japan, but no well-organized nontrauma emergency surgery education system exists. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Emergency Surgery Course (AAST-ESTES ESC) course gives surgeons the knowledge and skills to make daily decisions about nontrauma emergency surgery. We held an AAST-ESTES ESC course in Japan from October 2 to 3, 2022. Thirty-two Japanese participants were asked to rate the following items using a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5: overall assessment, program subjects, content, instructional style, and activity. In addition, we also inquired about topics that participants intended to change as a result of what they had learned in the course. All items were rated highly (4.1-4.7) by the participants. Participants reported intending to implement changes concerning mesenteric ischemia, colorectal crises, and acute pancreatitis after taking the course. Japanese surgeons gave the AAST-ESTES ESC course excellent ratings, suggesting its crucial role in Japan, where there has been no development of nontrauma emergency surgery education courses.