National Simulation-Based Training of Fellows: The Vascular Surgery Example.

Vascular surgery has evolved dramatically as a specialty, with new training paradigms and an ever-developing, technically demanding field. The ability to evaluate trainees on their fundamental skills is an important step in ensuring some uniformity in trainees' basic technical abilities. This article describes the development and implementation of the fundamentals of vascular and endovascular surgery, including lessons applied from the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery and Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery programs.