Telesimulation (TS), the process of using the internet to link educators and trainees at
locations remote from one another, harnesses the powers of technology to enable access to …

Background Several challenges exist with laparoscopic skills training in resource-restricted
countries, including long travel distances required by mentors for onsite teaching …

Background Simulation training is a validated method for acquiring laparoscopic skills.
Training sessions may be sporadic or lack continuity in oversight by instructors since …

Background Limitations in surgical simulation training include lack of access to validated
training programs with continuous year-round training and lack of experts' ongoing …

Background Immersive patient simulators (IPS) allow an illusionary immersion into a
synthetic world where the user can freely navigate through a 3-dimensional environment …

Telesimulation is a new and innovative concept and process that has been used to provide
education, training, and assessment in health‐related fields such as medicine. This new …

Abstract Background The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) is an internationally
recognized educational and certification program designed to teach the knowledge and …

The teaching and learning of surgery is a time-honored tradition based upon the “see one,
do one, teach one” apprenticeship model. Recent improvement of this model has centered …

26 determines two levels of accreditation for medical education institutes with simulation
centers. Level I-accredited centers, the highest level of accreditation, must provide …

In the past, surgical simulations have largely been created through the development of
dedicated applications that require considerable programming and computer graphics skills …