Introduction:
Certificate in Laparoscopic Surgery (CLS) is a joint educational program of University of Zimbabwe International Centre for Surgical Simulation & Society of Surgical Simulation.
Aim:
CLS is a certificate of proficiency and aims to provide proficiency-based laparoscopic skills training to develop expert-level skills.
Objective:
CLS is a taught program designed to integrate laparoscopic surgery into clinical training. The curriculum evaluates essential cognitive and technical proficiencies, ensuring only those meeting international standards are certified. In addition to core laparoscopic skills training, the CLS program includes procedure based theory teaching for performing diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic appendicectomy and cholecystectomy.