Laparoscopic Box Training with Four Different Modules in a Tertiary Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Dear Editor, Laparoscopic surgery (LS) has had a fundamental role in gynecologyover the past 2 decades. Because LS is nowwidely accepted, training residents to perform laparoscopic procedures is essential.1 Therefore, simultaneously, the interest in training programs to teach technical skills is gaining ground rapidly.2,3 Laparoscopic surgery has obtained a major position within surgical specialties. For LS, additional psychomotor and hand-eye coordination skills are needed.4 To learn these skills, effective preclinical simple box trainers have been developed. In the light of these data, we have created a well-designed LS training room (►Fig. 1), and arranged four different modules. Here, we would like to present the LS training room and box trainers of our hospital, and also indicate the importance of these training activities in the education of the residents. In►Fig. 2, the trainingmodule (TM) 1 is presented. In this TM, the surgeon should attach the rings to the nails while