September 28, 2020 12:09 | News
LapSim – the leading virtual reality training simulator – is celebrating it’s biggest and best update yet! With a New-look user interface, improved feedback metrics and a new instructor cloud portal. LapSim is easier to use and more effective at teaching surgical...
August 11, 2020 14:07 | News
An interesting paper from Clinical Orthopeadics and Related Research on the effectivness of virtual reality (VR) training. This newly published study examines surgical proficiency in orthopedic procedures with and without VR training. And it turns out that VR training...
June 16, 2020 13:24 | News
As elective surgeries begin to reopen, it’s time to remind your residents and surgeons how important ‘warming up’ can be for patient safety. This study, Warm-up in a VR Environment Improves Performance in the Operating Room [1], shows how warming up on VR simulators...
June 10, 2020 13:51 | News
Surgical Science spoke with Dr. James Cooke, the executive director of the Clinical Simulation Center at Michigan Medicine about simulation training and how it can help improve patient outcomes. Hi James, how do you use simulation in your residents’ program? Here at...
June 1, 2020 11:17 | News, Yale
Traditional box training prepares students for examinations but can it fully prepare them for the real situations they’ll face in surgery? Some medical schools, including Yale, believe students are better prepared for the operating room when VR simulation training...
May 5, 2020 13:25 | Customer Stories, News, Yale
Virtual reality (VR) simulation training is revolutionizing surgical education. When surgery professor Dr. Hulda Einarsdottir stepped into her position as Director of Surgical Simulation at Yale University School of Medicine in 2014, she had ambitious goals. With Dr....
