A new study, Simulation‑based VATS resection of the five lung lobes: a technical skills test, was published recently by the Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES). It is the first paper to explore the newly developed virtual reality (VR)...
Ralph Austin, consultant colorectal surgeon based at Colchester Hospital, and Dr James Worsfold with the EndoSim – Credit: ESNEFT A UK hospital trust is investing in our VR simulator, EndoSim, to help clinicians prefect their endocopy skills. “Trainee...
Author: John Lenihan Jr. M.D. Chief Clinical Officer, Surgical Science NA. As robotic surgeons, we have all used virtual reality (VR) robotic surgery simulators; although very few of us have had to utilize these in required training curriculums that mandate achieving...
Surgical Science has won this year’s Swecare Export Awards! The prize, awarded by Minister of Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren, is given to two Swedish health and medical care companies that have made excellent international export investments. Read...
The U.S. government has made $21 Billion available to institutions of higher education, including simulation centers, in response to the coronavirus. HEERF (The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund) was known as the CARES act in 2020. The funding can be used for:...
We talk with Lars Konge, the head of research at CAMES (Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation) a world leading academy for medical education and simulation. In a series of 3 articles we chat about how he helped set up the “Silicon Valley” of...
