Education Program
Dynamic 3-step-concept to learn the joimax® surgical techniques – education of the surgeon and the complete surgical team.
joimax®, as a developer and provider of high-end instruments and devices for endoscopic spine surgery, emphasizes training and education for professionals to ensure medical performance of highest quality in the field of endoscopic spine procedures. Our comprehensive international medical education program aims at dedicated surgeons to start with endoscopic spine surgery, to then grow into becoming an expert or even a master.
With the 3-step training program as part of the international medical education program, joimax® offers intense theoretical and practical education. During Step 1 the surgeon will become familiar with the surgical techniques while visiting at reference centers. Step 2 combines theoretical and practical training during joimax® workshops, and within Step 3 the newly acquired skills will be transferred and refined with our professional support during own first endoscopic procedures.
1. Visitation:
Experience live procedures
- Participation in surgical operations at our reference centers
- Share experiences with surgeons, anesthesiologists, the surgical staff and speak to patients
2. Hands-on Workshop:
Train surgical techniques – Step-by-Step
- Theory: Anatomy, indications/contraindications, case studies, anesthesiology, step-by-step surgical technique, instruments
- Hands-on training, tips and tricks
3. First Surgery:
Operate on your own patients
- Ongoing support by a joimax® applications specialist and/or a reference surgeons applications specialist and/or a reference/trainer surgeon
- Training for the entire surgical team
What our participants say:
“Exactly one year ago, I attended a joimax basic course in Frankfurt. The course was great, the staff very supportive, and I decided to adopt endoscopic surgery. During the year, I attended another course in Düsseldorf, visited the great Menno Iprenburg and three other excellent surgeons. Last week, a brilliant surgeon vastly experienced in endoscopy came to Amman and together we did EIGHT fantastic cases. Thank you Dr Guntram Krzok. I learned so much from you, and will always be grateful. I am delighted to let you know that I started my cases of endoscopic surgery in Amman and already did a decompression and a disc case in my first week! I am absolutely confident that my team and I in Jordan will be offering this great technology to a huge number of patients from the whole of the middle east. This success will never have taken place without the support of joimax.”
Dr. Muhammed Assous,
FRCS, FRCS Orth CCST, Consultant Spinal Surgeon,
Jordan, October 2017
One Step Beyond in Endoscopic Spine Surgery
joimax® aims to introduce the most advanced Endoscopic Spine Surgery techniques to interested and ambitious medical professionals.
Within our International Medical Education Program, a participant starts as a Beginner and moves to the Advanced level through visitations, attending joimax® hands-on workshops and performing surgeries. Attending additional user meetings, successfully using various joimax® systems in your surgical routine and potentially becoming a joimax® Faculty member will lead you to the Expert and Master Level in joimax® Endoscopic Spinal Surgery.
joimax® EndoTrainer Plus – Simulator for endoscopic access to the lumbar spine in prone and lateral patient position
Another important tool for education is the joimax® EndoTrainer Plus, which is used to train the TESSYS® or iLESSYS® surgical method. Under virtual conditions with a realistic haptic feedback the fluoroscopic controlled transforaminal or interlaminar access can be learned.
Advantages of the EndoTrainer Plus
- Increase of safety for transforaminal or interlaminar access to the lumbar spinal canal
- Imparts an imagination for haptics and orientation
- Stepwise introduction and training of the entire OR-team for endoscopic spine surgery
