BIARGS/Intuitive Pre-Congress Masterclass 2026

BEYOND THE BASICS. Skills, Strategy and Safety in Robotic Surgery. Not "how to use the robot" - but how to operate robotically better, and what to do when things go wrong. Course director: Miss Inna Sokolova This course is aimed at Consultant Gynaecologists, senior trainees and fellows, SCPs and robotic theatre teams. Small group rotations, morning and afternoon - the afternoon round steps up to difficult cases. FOUR HANDS ON STATIONS - • XI Console: Purposeful Skills. • Port Placement Challenge • Trouleshooting • Emergency Undocking ADVANCED AFTERNOON - • Strategy, not tricks: • The hostile pelvis • The very large uterus • Deep endometriosis • The bleeding case • Suturing and reconstruction THE FINALE - The Robotic Nightmare An unrehearsed whole-team crisis situation: bleeding, failing BP, a system failure and emergency undocking - then a structured debrief. SPONSOR Intuitive Surgical