First Touch Course
First Touch is an Introduction to Residency course for Residents that will begin Surgical residency on 1st January (of the next civil year) in:
General Surgery
Ginecology
Urology
Pediatric Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
The objectives of the First Touch Course are:
1 - learn the most important info about surgical residency
2 - practice and simulate elective and emergency surgery gestures and skills (scroll down to know more!)
3 - get in touch with the instruments, devices and materials that a new resident should know about
4 - meet and get in touch with all your new colleagues
5 - meet and connect with dozens of senior residents, surgeons and authorities
6 - get your laparoscopic platform - THE FIRST TRAINER - for free! (scroll down to know more!)
Resuming, FT will help you to prepare for your Surgical Residency!
FIRST TOUCH Team
Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator
António Oliveira, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Hospital de Vila Real
Vila Real, Portugal
FTacademy Scientific Director
First and Colorectal Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week President
Constança Azevedo, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira
Covilhã, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Filipe Macedo Almeida, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Gonçalo Guidi, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Vila Real, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Raquel Pereira, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu
Viseu, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
André Borges 🇵🇹
Coimbra, Portugal
FTacademy Core Staff - Gynecology
First Touch Ginecology Director
Ana Domingos, MD 🇵🇹
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch Ginecology
José Novo de Matos, MD 🇵🇹
Hospital de São José
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central
Lisboa, Portugal
FTacademy Scientific Director
Basic, First and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week President
Ricardo Marinho, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar de Leiria
Hospital de Leiria
Leiria, Portugal
FTacademy Scientific Director
First and Biliary Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator
Ana Ruivo, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Daniela Reis, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar do Barreiro-Montijo
Barreiro, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Bruno Barbosa, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu
Viseu, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Pedro Miranda, MD 🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Bárbara Vieira, MD 🇵🇹
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch General Surgery
Joana Teles, MD 🇵🇹
Coimbra, Portugal
FTacademy Junior Staff
First Touch Ginecology
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