General Information ! Registration deadline: 30.04.2016 ! Course fee: 1000 CHF (Course fee includes course materials and working station, didactic materials, refreshment breaks; lunches are not included) ! Payment methods: Bank transfer, in advance (details will follow) ! Number of Participants: The number of participants will be limited, in order to allow each trainee to have his/her own lab station equipped with microsurgical instruments and microscope. ! First round: 11-14 July 2016 ! Second round: 18-21 July 2016 ! A request for the accreditation of the course for continuing education in animal experimentation has been submitted to the competent Authorities. ! Our Sponsors:

2nd University of Bern Microsurgery Course

Course 1: 11-14 July 2016 Course 2: 18-21 July 2016

Course Leader: Rosmarie Frick Organization: DCR Experimental Surgery Unit, Adriano Taddeo, Matthias Hänggi, Robert Rieben, Esther Vögelin

University of Bern Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Baltzerstrasse 6,

3012, Bern

For registration and further information please contact:

Adriano Taddeo adriano.taddeo@dkf.unibe.ch

Tel: 0316320299

Dear Colleague and Friends, It is our great pleasure to announce the “Second Microsurgery Course” of the Department of Clinical Research (DCR). During the training, participants will be able to familiarize with micro-instruments and learn the key points of micro-dissection, micro-suturing and vascular anastomosis. The small class size will make the instruction flexible, allowing a one-to-one, hands-on training for all the participants under the direction of Mrs Rosmarie Frick a world-renowned teacher. The participation is open to residents, surgeons, nurses, medical students, or technicians interested in microsurgery. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Bern!

The Scientific Committee

PROGRAM Day 1 08.00-08.15 Opening remarks 08.15-08.30 Demonstration of suture and knot techniques on

silicon tubing 08.30-11.15 Participants: suture techniques on silicon tubing with

6-0 sutures 11.15-11.30 Demonstration end to-end anastomosis on silicon

tubing 11.30-12.15 Participants: End to-end anastomosis on silicon tubing. 12.15-13.15 Lunch 13.15-14.15 Participants: end to-end anastomosis on silicon tubing 14.15-16.15 Demonstration and practice of participants on

earthworms

Day 2 08.00-08.20 Basic principles in rodent anaesthesia and animal

welfare during microsurgical surgery 08.20-08:45 Practical demonstrations of anaesthesia techniques

and animal monitoring during microsurgical surgery

08.45-09.00 Demonstration of end-to-end anastomosis on common carotid artery of rat.

09.00-12.00 Participants: end-to-end anastomosis on common carotid artery of rat.

12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-17.00 Participants: end-to-end anastomosis on common

carotid artery of rat. 17.00-18.30 Demonstration of end-to-side anastomosis of

jugular vein to the common carotid artery of rat.

Day 3 08.00-12.00 Participants: end-to-side anastomosis of jugular vein to

common carotid artery of rat. 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.30-17.00 Participants: end-to-end anastomosis on common

carotid artery, or end-to-end of the femoral artery of rat.

Day 4 08.00-12.00 Participants: end-to-side anastomosis of jugular vein to

common carotid artery of rat. 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-16.00 Participants: end-to-end anastomosis of common

carotid artery, or end-to-end of femoral artery of rat.

16.00 Overview and course closure.