Category: Simulation

Junior Doctor Surgical Group

Approaches to Learning Anatomy

We’ve all been there..slugging our way through a Greys anatomy textbook trying to learn crucial anatomy for that upcoming exam or sifting through thousands of QBanks for high-yield questions. Over the years, we’ve become increasingly interested in medical and surgical education and therefore developed a prize-winning virtual neuroanatomy platform in 2022. From that project, we…
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So you want to be a robotic surgeon?..then become a skilled laparoscopic surgeon first

Once you`ve tried a surgical robot like Davinci Xi, it becomes immediately obvious that this technology should be the gold standard and offers surgeons more degrees of freedom and dexterity. For junior doctors, one of the difficulties in getting a “head start” in robotic surgery is a lack of training opportunities. Sure there are national…
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Endosuturing and Tissue approximation in Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic suturing is used for approximation of tissues and it is also an effective way of providing haemostasis. Suturing for haemostasis and reformation of anatomic structures has long been considered one of the most demanding endoscopic technical skills. Endoscopic procedures are performed by looking at a two dimensional monitor with up to 6 times magnification,…
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