Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Agents of Change

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 1-38

3. Simulations for Procedural Training

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 39-66

4. Human Factors in Acquiring Medical Skill; Perception and Cognition

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 67-87

5. Human Factors in Acquiring Medical Skills; Learning and Skill Acquisition in Surgery

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 89-121

6. Metrics for the Measurement of Skill

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 123-153

7. Metric-Based Simulation Training

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 155-183

8. Validation of Metrics Coupled to Simulation Training

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 185-211

9. Metric-Based Training to Proficiency: What Is It and How Is It Done?

   • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

   Pages 213-240

10. Didactic Education and Training for Improved Intraoperative Performance: e-Learning Comes of Age

    • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

    Pages 241-264

11. Simulation Training for Improved Procedural Performance

    • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

    Pages 265-296

12. Simulation In and For Medicine: Where Next?

    • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

    Pages 297-323

13. Proficiency-Based Progression Simulation Training: A To-Do List for Medicine

    • Anthony G. Gallagher, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan

    Pages 325-353

14. Back Matter

    Pages 355-372

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Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation explains in detail, from a behavioural science/human factors perspective, why modern image guided medicine such as surgery, interventional cardiology and interventional radiology are difficult to learn and practice. Medicine is currently at a tipping point in terms of how physicians in procedural based medicine are trained. Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation helps drive this change and is a valuable resource for medical trainers and trainees alike. For trainers, this book gives explicit theoretical and applied information on how this new training paradigm works thus allowing them to tailor the application of simulation training to their program, no matter where in the world they work. For the trainee, it allows them to see and understand the rules of this new training paradigm thus allowing them to optimize their approach to training and reaching proficiency in as efficient a manner as possible. For the simulation researcher, engineer and medical profession Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation poses some difficult questions that require urgent unambiguous and agreed answers.

• Emergency Medicine
• Medicine
• Surgery

From the reviews:

“The book explores theories of learning, strategies for training, and the definition and application of metrics in surgical training. It analyzes competency criteria from medical/surgical education groups around the world and emphasizes the importance of proficiency based progression as the hallmark of an objectively based surgical training program. … Overall, Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation: Principles and Practices is a valuable reference and a provocative essay on the principles of surgical (and procedural) training.” (Dana K. Andersen, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 307 (9), March, 2012)

• , Department of Human Factors, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, Sandyford, Ireland

  Anthony G. Gallagher

• Grenville Place, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

  Gerald C. O'Sullivan

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