Yonsei Institute
for Global Health

During your Colorectal training at Severance Hospital, you will participate in elective preoperative patient evaluations, operative procedures, postoperative care, and emergency colorectal conditions. We also perform intraoperative colonoscopy and have session for colonoscopy for post operative surveillance. Every other day will be spent in the operating room, gaining experience in surgical management of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. 

•Colorectal Cancer Surgeries (Open, Laparoscopy. Robotic)
 - TME(Total mesorectal excision)
 - CME (Complete mesocolic excision)

•Cases of Non-cancer diseases
 - IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease)
 - FAP (Familial adenomatosis polyposis) etc.

•Robotic Surgery

•Single port colorectal surgery (Both laparoscopic and robotic)

•TEO (Transanal endoscopic operation) 

•HIPEC with cytoreductive surgery for metastatic, far advanced colorectal cancer patients

You will be spending a lot of time in the operation room.

You can also use Robot simulator when you do not have any schedule.

You will have opportunities to get involved in research activities. We have tremendous resources, including extensive procedural databases, statistics, and access to the medical library and e-journals.

With guidance of your faculty mentor, you will pursue short or long-term projects and submit abstract to domestic or international meetings. You will also be able to publish highly recognized surgical journals with the cooperation with faculties, Korean and international fellows.

Trainees will be able to participate in :
 

1.Surgical Seminar (once a week)
 

2.IBD Conference (once a week)
 

3.X-ray Conference (once a week)
 

4.Colorectal Case Conference (once a month)
 

5.Surgical Grand round (once a month)

 *** This schedule is subject to change as to the COVID-19 situation or other circumstances.

Physicians who train at Severance for 6 months or longer can gain more experience by participating in hands-on medical practice. The scope of hands-on medical practice is strictly regulated under the Korean Medical Law Article 27 paragraph (1) of the Medical Service Act and Article 18 subparagraph 2 of the Enforcement Rule of the same act. Every doctor who wants to get approval for medical hands-on practice has to officially apply for the permission of Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare through Severance Academy.

Please read carefully the following instructions :

Hands-on Practice is allowed ONLY after the permission of Korea MOHW.

All activities and schedule are subject to change according to department schedule.