Fuad Moussa, MD, MSc, MMEd, FRCSC, FACS, FCCP discusses how he designed a curriculum to teach off-pump coronary bypass surgery to new surgeons.

Researchers from the University of Malaya in Malaysia, with collaboration from researchers from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, announce the creation of a cost-effective two-part model of the skull for use in practicing neurosurgical techniques. The model, produced using the latest generation...

Bonnie Haupt, DNP (C), MSN, RN, CNL, CHSE defines disclosure of adverse events and efforts to incorporate best practice components of disclosure into community scenarios  Case Study Mr. Sims is a 78 year old white male who presents to the Emergency Room with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. Sims’ wife...

Carla Pugh, MD, addresses lingering questions regarding which type of simulation and assessment venue best meets specific learning objectives. Use of simulation-based assessments has continued to evolve. In the early iterations, mannequin-based trainers were used for classroom and group based training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for basic and advanced cardiac life...

Robert A. Pedowitz, MD, PhD provides a summary of a strategic and coordinated approach to address simulation and other important concerns in the field of orthopaedic surgery. Simulation has been used for decades in the field of orthopedic surgery. Although simulation has been used widely in US residency training program,...

Camran Nezhat, MD reports on his efforts to encourage simulation to become even more realistic, to influence surgical curriculum and to impact training protocols. We now know that the limiting factor for performing minimally invasive surgery is surgical skill and experience, as well as the availability of proper instrumentation. In...

Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides insights of his recent discussion with Inbal Mazor, Simbionix’s vice president of global marketing. This October MEdSim had an opportunity to speak with Simbionix’s Inbal Mazor in an ideal environment – away from the frenetic exhibition floor of a major community conference. In a brief,...

Interview with Margareta Berg, MD, PhD, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Chairman and Project Director of the Surgicon Foundation Dr. Berg peformed her residency, and was awarded her PhD degree in Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg Sweden. During this period she invented and organized “The Hip Replacement Project”. In 1989 she founded...

Editor in Chief Judith Riess suggests the successful implementation of new, safe, work practices must be initiated by those who work within the healthcare sector. All aspects of healthcare are changing. Patient safety is a global priority and when we hear that the mortality rate due to error equates...

In the fourth in a series of articles on medical simulation centers, Group Editor Marty Kauchak examines community stakeholders’ expanding interest in returns on investment for these facilities.  During one random four week period this spring, the Halldale Group’s website reported the opening or upgrade of four healthcare simulation facilities in...