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Surgical training is one of the most promising areas in medicine where 3-D computer graphics and virtual reality techniques are emerging. Orthopedic surgery is a discipline requiring appreciation and understanding of complex 3-dimensional bony structures and their relationships to nerves, blood vessels and other vital structures. Learning these spatial skills requires a lengthy period and much ...

We read with great interest an article by Kennedy and colleagues 1 in a recent issue of CHEST (July 2013) in which a systematic review and meta-analysis of stud ies revealed signifi cant improvements in skills and behaviors when comparing simulation-based bronchoscopy with no intervention. However, the article also identifi ed gaps in evidence, such as the lack of clear understanding of optima...

one possible explanation, sedation usage was not an independent factor in this study. Sedation usage was an observed parameter and neither controlled by the study design nor prone to changes of standardized procedures. However, sedation usage depends on the physician’s intention to leave a patient on the respirator. We agree that a disadvantage of this study is that we could not report differen...

Surgical training is one of the most promising areas in medicine where 3-D computer graphics and virtual reality techniques are emerging. Orthopaedic surgery is a discipline requiring appreciation and understanding of complex 3-dimensional bony structures and their relationships to nerves, blood vessels and other vital structures. Learning these spatial skills requires a lengthy period and much...

BACKGROUND Simulation in medicine is an indispensable tool to improve doctors' responses to different situations, enhancing their performance. However, simulation in ophthalmology is a very recent trend, mainly because of the high complexity of developing newer teaching tools, with the need for highly realistic models, mostly in surgical ophthalmic simulation. DISCUSSION The whole development...

Simulation-based learning has gained recent recognition as a means of improving patient safety. In situ simulation, that is conducting simulation training in actual clinical environment, is a novel approach to detecting deficiencies in healthcare systems, termed as latent safety threats (LSTs). We implemented in situ simulation training as a quality improvement initiative and were able to detec...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) originated in the 1970s in Germany where Kurt Semm, a gynecologist and engineer at the University of Kiel, headed a team that constructed laparoscopic instrumentation to successfully perform various laparoscopic gynecological procedures, as well as the first “endoscopic appendectomy” in 1982. The general surgery community adopted this early laparoscopic technolo...

INTRODUCTION This quote from the Greek philosopher Aristotle from over 2000 years ago is still relevant today in the context of paediatric medical education. Simulation is a tool that can reinforce standards of clinical practice as ‘habit’ contributing to trainee’s development as paediatricians. This review shares some of the issues related to learning in the paediatric service environment and ...