Fellowship in Advanced Robotic & Innovative Surgery

Introduction

The clinical fellowship is to be known as “Fellowship in Advanced Robotic and Innovative Surgery (FARIS)“. The fellowship will be for a period of one year conducted through online and onsite curriculum. The fellowship will be as per UGC guidelines and will be a recognised medical university degree from Sri Ramachandra University and affiliated to Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh with credit points.

All those members and non- members including international surgeons who fulfil the guidelines and criteria laid down by the scientific committee will be eligible to apply for the fellowship program. However, the candidate has to complete the ARIS membership formalities before applying for FARIS. All eligible candidates will be notified about the details of the program and the important dates.

All certified “Center of Excellence” hospitals will be eligible to run the clinical fellowship observation program. The candidate is expected to read and follow the guidelines below and submit all required assignments online before the end of the term. Successful fellows will be felicitated and ceremonially offered fellowship in the convocation during the following Annual ARIS congress after the fellowship board's clearance.

Typical Fellowship Journey

• One year multi-access of 25 online lectures on essentials of robotic surgery and another 10 lectures on speciality robotic surgery starting in January

• 12 monthly webinars with panel discussion on interesting topics, controversies and case series in robotic surgery from January till December.

• Attending 3 day ARIS annual congress as the first part of the contact classes with 1 day didactic lectures and robotic platform test drives on pre-conference day followed by 2 day congress involving keynote, abstracts, panel discussions and live surgeries during the induction program.

• Participate in one day hands-on cadaver workshop as per choice of platform, speciality as per available dates. The candidate will be able to apply after completion of contact classes / ARIS annual congress. The candidate will be taking OSCE assessment examination at the end of the cadaver course.

• 9 month full time / part time clinical observation of 10 robotic surgeries including speciality surgeries in one / multiple COEs which will effectively start after the ARIS annual congress. Choice of non- COE observation to complete the logbook will be based on the approval of the scientific committee.

• Attend FARIS conclave at then of the first semester for the second part of contact classes with lectures, panel discussions, abstract presentations, and master video sessions.

• Submit all required assessments including the logbook and dissertation for assessment by the deadline.

• Theory (MCQ) examination and Viva will be conducted as a part of final assessment during the ARIS annual congress after the end off the course.

Course Fee

FARIS clinical fellowship attracts a fee of Rs. 2,00,000 (Two Lakhs) for Indian nationals and $3750 for international delegates. Eligible govt taxes are extra.

The course fees include the registration charges for all the contact courses including 2 ARIS annual congress, Hands-on cadaver workshop, ARIS conclave and COE clinical observership. It doesn’t include accommodation and travel charges.

FARIS Algorithm

Important Dates