On March 21-25, 2022, Federal Center of Brain and Neurotechnologies in Moscow hosted the fourth teaching course on AVM treatment that was organized by the Russian Endovascular Neuro Society.
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are a widely-spread congenital anomaly of cerebral vessels when arterial blood is shunted into the veins through a knot of pathological vessels. The high risk of unfavorable outcomes calls for early detection of the patients prone to AVM raptures and improving the current methods and algorithms of AVM treatment.
The lectures comprising the course were delivered by leading Russian and foreign experts who have long-term experience and are aware of the latest tendencies and scientific developments in the field.
The goal of the course was to consolidate endovascular neurosurgeons’ efforts in improving the efficacy of modern technologies in their daily practice.
The unique mentoring approach employed made it possible for very participant to communicate directly with the lecturers. To do so, 36 participants were divided into 2 groups with a mentor assigned to each group. In a group, the participants had enough time to communicate with the mentor, and after a mentoring session was over, a new mentor joined the group. In this way, the participants were able to communicate directly with the lecturers acquiring for their advice and practical recommendations.
During the first day of the course, several show cases were broadcasted from the Center’s operation rooms to demonstrate the methods and endovascular techniques applied in Federal Center of Brain and Neurotechnologies.
Another important feature of the course was the daily tests to assess the learning progress. The Society sees its goal in not only in providing an opportunity for Russian endovascular neurosurgeons to listen to the lectures of leading experts in the field but also in giving them skills they can successfully apply in their everyday work. So, every course day ended with 100 test questions, and the participants had to give correct answers to at least 80 of them. Every right answer was scored, and the highest scores were accumulated by Pavel Seleznev and Alexandra Glushaeva, two endovascular neurosurgeons from Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (Novosibirsk, Russia).
“This course is of utmost importance to us. Caring out such an educational event is a great responsibility, and I am thankful to all my colleagues, including those from Europe, for joining the course despite all the difficulties, and the event has been a success”, said Doctor Kirill Orlov, the organizer of the event.
Russian Endovascular Neuro Society (RENS) was established in 2018 to become an educational and communication platform for healthcare practitioners working in the field of endovascular neurosurgery. The educational and scientific events the Society runs every year are greatly appreciated by the community.