Testing will take place Wednesday, March 29 – Friday, March 31 during the 2023 SAGES Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. Purchase test vouchers or schedule test appointments.
NEW FLS Testing Solutions are Now Available from SAGES!
September 4, 2020 by ·
The current pandemic situation has resulted in a lack of testing availability at our current FLS Test Centers. While we continue to work with our existing test centers to open as many testing slots as possible to both internal and external test takers, we know getting back to pre-COVID availability will take some time. To […]
FLS Trainer Box Announcement
August 1, 2017 by ·
Recently, VTI Medical sent out an email blast announcing a repair service for laparoscopic trainer boxes. Although the images in this email may look familiar to those of you who have been involved with FLS, SAGES is no longer associated with VTI Medical for FLS testing. Therefore, if you have an older trainer box in […]
SAGES-ACS Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery™ (FLS) announces new supplier for the FLS Trainer Box and Accessories
April 10, 2015 by ·
SAGES-ACS Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery™ (FLS) announces new supplier for the FLS Trainer Box and Accessories. The committee overseeing the FLS Program, a joint educational program of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and The American College of Surgeons (ACS) will be granting exclusive rights for the manufacture and sale of the […]
FLS Opens International Test Centers, Issues 10,000th Certification
January 28, 2015 by ·
The SAGES/ACS Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Program is celebrating two major milestones in 2015 with the opening of International FLS Test Centers in France and Saudi Arabia and having issued a landmark 10,000 FLS certifications. These remarkable achievements follow on the heels of the FLS program’s 10-year anniversary last October. Expanding FLS training and certification […]
New Retest Policy for FLS
March 4, 2014 by ·
Effective March 1, 2014, any test-taker wishing to retake one or both parts of the FLS exam that they did not complete successfully must do so within 18 months of their original exam date in order to be eligible for a retest voucher. Any test-taker wishing to retest more than 18 months from their original […]
FLS Public Registry is now live!
September 20, 2012 by ·
FLS now publishes a listing of those who have successfully completed the FLS exam. Each person passing the FLS exam has the choice to be listed on the Registry or to remain unlisted. The FLS Registry will list the test taker’s name, year of FLS completion, and, National Provider Identification number if available. The […]
Key Policy Change for FLS
September 19, 2012 by ·
The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Program is an educational module and assessment tool to evaluate the fundamental knowledge, clinical judgment and technical skills required in the performance of basic laparoscopy. Over 5,000 certificates have been issued for successful completion since 2004. FLS is now widely utilized to better ensure surgeons possess relevant laparoscopic knowledge […]
ACS and SAGES Recommend FLS Certification for General Surgeons Who Perform Laparoscopy!
March 26, 2012 by ·
We’re very pleased to announce ACS and SAGES Recommend FLS Certification for General Surgeons Who Perform Laparoscopy. See below for full press release and statement: ACS and SAGES Recommend FLS Certification for General Surgeons Who Perform Laparoscopy The only validated measure of surgeon’s knowledge and skills related to the most widely performed surgeries in the […]
The Canadian Association of General Surgeons has endorsed the FLS program!
January 31, 2012 by ·
We’re very pleased to announce the Canadian Association of General Surgeons supports and endorses the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Program for both surgeons and surgeons in training. See below for their full statement in the Winter 2012 CAGS newsletter: CAGS Endorsement Statement of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Program “The Canadian Association of […]
