Surgical Proficiency – Data-driven transformation of surgical education for proficiency-based performance
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Philipp Ackermann
- Deputy of project leader : Dr. Helmut Grabner
- Project team : Steven Häsler, Teodora Nechita, Tamara Toma
- Project budget : CHF 1'993'000
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Innosuisse (Flagship Initiative)
- Project partner : Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois CHUV, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ETH, Virtamed AG, Microsoft Schweiz GmbH / Mixed Reality & AI Lab – Zurich, ORamaVR SA, Atracsys Sàrl
- Contact person : Philipp Ackermann
Description
Training on patients according to the principle of “see one, do one and teach one” no longer corresponds to today’s requirements and technical opportunities regarding education of surgical residents. During the Covid-19 pandemic, most hands-on training had to be discontinued, leading to an almost complete interruption of surgical education. Under the lead of the three clinical partners Kantonsspital St.Gallen, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, and Balgrist University Hospital, endorsed by the Swiss Surgical Societies, novel standardized and proficiency-based surgical training curricula are defined and interfaced to simulation tools. The four implementation partners VirtaMed AG, Microsoft Mixed Reality & AI Lab Zurich, OramaVR SA and Atracsys LLC, in collaboration with ETHZ and ZHAW develop these innovative training tools ranging from online virtual reality simulation, augmented box trainers, high-end simulators, to augmented-reality-enabled open surgery and immersive remote operation room participation. The proposed developments introduce a fully novel, integrative training paradigm installed and demonstrated on two example surgical modalities, laparoscopy and arthroscopy, while fully generalizable to other interventions. This will set new standards both in Switzerland and abroad.
Further information
Publications
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Lekar, Roni; Wu, Luohong; Gerth, Tatiana; Bühler, Pascal; Seibold, Matthias; Fürnstahl, Philipp; Grabner, Helmut,
2023.
AR open surgery training for total hip arthroplasty [poster].
In:
5th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 24 August 2023.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29593