Main description:

This pragmatic book is a guide for the use of simulation in surgery and surgical subspecialties, including general surgery, urology, gynecology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology. It offers evidence-based recommendations for the application of simulation in surgery and addresses procedural skills training, clinical decision-making and team training, and discusses the future of surgical simulation. Readers are introduced to the different simulation modalities and technologies used in surgery with a variety of learners including students, residents, practicing surgeons, and other health-related professionals.

Contents:

PART I. INTRODUCTION TO SURGICAL SIMULATION

1. Historical Perspective

2. Overview of Simulation in Surgery

3. A Taxonomy Guide for Surgical Simulation

4. Principles of Validity

5. Equipping and Staffing a Surgical Simulation Center

6. Funding Models for a Surgical Simulation Center

PART II: PROCEDURAL SIMULATION

7. Outcome-based Training and the Role of Simulation

8. Skill Maintenance, Remediation, and Reentry

9. Performance Assessment

10. Performance Optimization

11. Use of Simulation in High-Stakes Summative Assessments in Surgery

PART III: SIMULATION FOR NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS

12. Making It Stick: Keys to Effective Feedback and Debriefing in Surgical Education

13. The Science and Training of Expert Operating Room Teams

14. Human Factors Psychology in Surgery

PART IV. SUBSPECIALTIES OF SURGERY - STATE OF THE ART

15. Simulation in General Surgery

16. Simulation in Laparoscopic Surgery

17. Simulation in Robotic Surgery

18. Simulation in Surgical Endoscopy

19. Simulation in Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery

20. Simulation in Bariatric Surgery

21. Simulation in Critical Care

22. Simulation in Cardiothoracic Surgery

23. Simulation in Otolarygology

24. Simulation in Urology

25. Simulation in Ophthalmology

26. Simulation in Vascular Surgery

27. Simulation in Transplant Surgery

28. Simulation in Plastic Surgery

29. Simulation in Orthopaedic Surgery

30. Simulation in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Part V. CONCLUSION

31. The Future of Surgical Simulation