Development of a Curriculum for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS)

Franziska A Schmidt; Taylor Wong; Sertac Kirnaz; Néstor Taboada; Richard Assaker; Christoph Hofstetter; Jin-Sung Kim; Avelino Parajón; Paul Taylor; Muhammed Assous; Roger Härtl

doi:10.1177/2192568220910711

Development of a Curriculum for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS)

Global Spine J. 2020 Apr;10(2 Suppl):122S-125S. doi: 10.1177/2192568220910711. Epub 2020 May 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
² UNIMEC, Barranquilla, Colombia.
³ Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.
⁴ The University of Washington-Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Seoul St Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Spines WA, Mount Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁸ Razi Spine Clinic, Amman, Jordan.

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to describe how a curriculum for minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) was developed and implemented. The authors discuss the curriculum roadmap, its target audience, and the educational process for teaching general skills and specific procedures in MISS. Initiated by AOSpine, a panel of experts within spinal surgery from multiple centers formed the minimally invasive spine surgery task force. Together, task force members redefined the standards and milestones of the MISS education and training. Therefore, we conclude that the MISS task force created a structured curriculum which will have a positive influence on daily practice for surgeons and patients worldwide.

Keywords: curriculum; minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS).