We can provide a variety of services to support the design, development and evaluation (or validation) of surgical simulations.
This includes:
Surgical task analysis
Simulation experience design
Designing models for objective measurement of surgical tasks in simulation
Quality assurance reviews (and/or agile product reviews) for simulations in development
Advice and guidance on data models for surgical simulation
Educational guidance for the implementation and design of the education programmes to support simulation for education and training
Project management of simulation design/ developer vendors on behalf of funding bodies
Types of surgical simulation
Cognitive task training
The development of training for the development of surgical knowledge i.e. the surgical workflow, instruments, anatomy, surgical risks / errors etc.
Skills-based training
Simulations to develop bimanual dexterity skills and the acquisition of surgical skills for specific tasks including haptic manipulation
IPE Team-based training
The development of simulation including the surgical team e.g. first assist, surgical nurse, scrub tech, anaesthetist etc.