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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, prepare yourself for your Surgical Residency!

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Would you like to participate?

We organize only 1 editions of the FIRST TOUCH Course yearly, in Braga, normally between 12 and 18 December, depending every year on which dates is Saturday (the last day of the FT).

Since 2017 we had 328 residents (of 400, data from 2017-2021) and we have the support of:

- Ordem dos Médicos - www.ordemdosmedicos.pt

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia - www.spcir.pt

- Comissão de Internos de Cirurgia Geral

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva - www.spcmin.pt

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Simulação - www.spsim.pt

- Associação Portuguesa de Cirurgia Ambulatória - www.apca.pt

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia - www.???

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- Sociedade Portuguesa de Urologia - www.???

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Pediátrica - www.???

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Torácica - www.???

- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardíaca - www.???

among other events that we may collaborate with.

To know more and register please go to www.lap-school.com, create your account (free of charge) and register on the course (a fee applies, with 50% discount with the support of our Sponsors and Partners ).

FIRST TOUCH Team

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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

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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

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Constança Azevedo, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira

Covilhã, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Filipe Macedo Almeida, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal

Setúbal, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Gonçalo Guidi, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Vila Real, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Raquel Pereira, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu

Viseu, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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João Moreira Pinto, MD, PhD​ 🇵🇹

 

Hospital-Escola Universidade Fernando Pessoa
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto

Porto, Portugal

FTacademy Core Staff - Pediatric Surgery

First Touch Pediatric Surgery Director

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Bárbara Vieira, MD​ 🇵🇹

??Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra

???Coimbra, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Joana Teles, MD 🇵🇹

Coimbra

Coimbra ??Porto, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch Ginecology

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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

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Ricardo Marinho, MD 🇵🇹

 

Centro Hospitalar de Leiria

Hospital de Leiria

Leiria, Portugal

FTacademy Scientific Director

First and Biliary Touch Coordinator

Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

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Ana Ruivo, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra

Coimbra, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Daniela Reis, MD​ 🇵🇹

 

Centro Hospitalar do Barreiro-Montijo

Barreiro, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Bruno Barbosa, MD​ 🇵🇹

Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu

Viseu, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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Pedro Miranda, MD​ 🇵🇹

 

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FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch General Surgery

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André Borges​ 🇵🇹

Coimbra??

Coimbra?? , Portugal

FTacademy Core Staff - Gynecology

First Touch Ginecology Director

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Ana Domingos, MD​ 🇵🇹

 

Coimbra??

Coimbra?? Porto, Portugal

FTacademy Junior Staff

First Touch Ginecology

Sponsorship

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With the Support of

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