Surgical Simulation: Principles and Practice

by Gallagher

In the 21st century, medicine in general but interventional disciplines such as surgery, interventional cardiology and interventional radiology particularly, unanimously agree that a better way train physicians for the future is essential in the 21st century. There also seems to be unanimous agreement, backed up by quantitative evidence, that simulation-based training represents the best way to train.

This book bridges the chasm between our current, sometimes flawed, understanding of simulation and its real utility in training the modern practitioner, and gives highly practical advice as to how behavioural science and interventional disciplines such as surgery and interventional cardiology can be coupled to help build a better training program that is based on sound quantitative research developed from scientific theory.

For trainers it will give explicit theoretical and applied information on how this new training paradigm works. thus allowing them to tailor the application of simulation training to their individual programs, no matter where in the world they work. For the trainee, it will allow them to see and understand the rules of this new training paradigm, allowing them to optimize their approach to training and reaching proficiency in as efficient a manner as possible.

336 pages, Hardcover

Published November 25, 2011