About this Research Topic
Surgical safety is a global healthcare issue, and teaching about surgical safety is important because unsafe surgical practice results in increased patient mortality and morbidity, legal claims against surgeons, and distrust of physicians. One strategy to decrease the potential risk of training for the safety of patients is an increased use of simulation and laboratory exercises, including cadavers. There is a promising future for simulators in surgical specialties as they become more effectively representative of real surgery. The evolution of simulators in surgical specialties could lead to a major improvement in residency training and patient safety. It could also be a valuable tool in competency-based assessment. For example, as a suitable tool for cognitive task analysis and technical skills training, virtual reality has been begun to play a key role in surgical training. 3-D printing is another breakthrough technology that promises to enable future simulation practice with high-fidelity, patient-specific models to complement residency surgical learning. To cope with and successfully implement the rewarding and beneficial innovations in scientific and technological developments, residents trained in surgical branches must work and practice intensively in the surgical laboratories. However, scientific studies are needed to validate the degree of translation from simulation model to patient.
The goal of this research topic is to bring together a collection of papers that individually and collectively used surgical laboratory and simulation models to shed light on the degree of translation from surgical laboratory and simulation model to patient. In so doing, these insights will identify novel scientific and technological developments for use in surgical training programs aimed at highly competent practice in surgical branches.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics:
• Surgical laboratory models in any surgical branches
• Microsurgery laboratories
• Surgical simulator models
• Virtual Reality
• 3-D printing for use in surgical clinical practice or laboratories.
• Surgical Microscopes
• Surgical/Neurosurgical navigation
• Surgical robotics
• Artificial Intelligence for use in surgical specialties
The goal of this research topic is to bring together a collection of papers that individually and collectively used surgical laboratory and simulation models to shed light on the degree of translation from surgical laboratory and simulation model to patient. In so doing, these insights will identify novel scientific and technological developments for use in surgical training programs aimed at highly competent practice in surgical branches.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics:
• Surgical laboratory models in any surgical branches
• Microsurgery laboratories
• Surgical simulator models
• Virtual Reality
• 3-D printing for use in surgical clinical practice or laboratories.
• Surgical Microscopes
• Surgical/Neurosurgical navigation
• Surgical robotics
• Artificial Intelligence for use in surgical specialties
Keywords: Surgical Simulation Models, Surgical Laboratory, Microsurgical Laboratory, Virtual Reality
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