State-Of-The-Art Surgery
Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu August 8th, 2006 in Daily Medical Life, Medlinks, News Tags: acs, american college of surgeons, beth israel deaconess medical center, medical news, surgery.From Medical News Today
Medical Center Accreditated by the American College of Surgeons:
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Carl J. Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center has been formally accredited as a Level 1 facility by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the first in Boston and New England - and one of only six inaugural certified centers in the United States - to provide simulation-based skills training to health care students and professionals from all medical and surgical disciplines.
I would love to get that training.
Dr. Jon Mikel Iñarritu
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I trained myself at BIDMC
I’ve missed posting here for a few days: many good posts by you — a storehouse of good info.
When I started training, neither ultrasound nor CT scan were used much or at all. We did peritoneal lavage for many traumas: the results were considered negative if you could read newsprint through the color in the tubing. As an intern, I poked a hole in bowel before I figured out the technique. Fortunately, the patient needed exploration despite the injury, and it was discovered with no sequellae.
I had one case of gallstone ileus. Of course, the cholecystectomy was much more difficult than taking care of the obstruction. In my case, I did both together, because the patient was in pretty good shape.
I think the technology which is allowing more and more “real life” scenarios to be worked on in a lab setting is very exciting. Even more so as, in the US, hours are regulated and experience on live patients will therefore be less available to the younger trainees.
Dr. Schwab:
Nice comment, it summarizes the last posts here!!
What experiences you have, eh?
I agree with your opinion in the last paragraph, but I also think that you can combine the REAL surgery (real patients) and the “SimSurgery” fulfilled with technology. The main problem is to regulate the training hours of surgeons to-be.
We need to remember: “Practice makes perfect”
Thank you for your comment and I hope to see you around here soon