On 21 and 22 May, IASO Thessalias is hosting the Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) Course, by Mr. Dimitris Zacharoulis, Professor of Surgery, and the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England, for the seventh year running. To date, more than 700 surgeons from Greece and abroad have been trained through the Course.

The BSS Course is organized at IASO Thessalias twice a year and is addressed to young doctors of all medical specialties, as well as med students in their last years of school who have decided to pursue a surgical specialty. It has been designed to introduce young surgeons to safe surgical practices within a controlled lab environment.

It is an intense seminar on basic surgical skills, such as basic laparoscopic techniques, suturing techniques, etc. Each trainee is given the chance to use state-of-the-art equipment under the guidance and supervision of top surgeons who have received special training from RCS consultants.

The Course aims to teach, evaluate and certify the skills of trainees in applying safe surgical techniques commonly used in surgical procedures.

 IASO Thessalias, the largest private hospital in Central Greece, is investing in the ongoing training of its associates and in the advancement of medicine. It organizes and hosts the most important scientific events at its facilities, placing Thessaly at the center of the latest scientific developments nationwide.