The Spread-MT course has trained one more group of 6 students (feb-2021). Based on massive virtual simulation mixed with theoretical lessons and device handling, the course provided students a unique experience for retention of knowledge and development of skills. The rule is one simulator for each pair of students. More than 25 cases done by […]
The aphorism “see one, do one, teach one” coined by Dr. William Halsted in 1904(1), may be transformed, into: “see one, do simulation at exhaustion, do one well”. 1 – Halsted WS. The Training of the Surgeon, vol 15. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Hospital; 1904:267-275.
Virtual simulation in Medicine get widespread use from a simulator developed at the beginning of the 1960s by a Norwegian plastic toy manufacturer called Asmund Laerdal and by an Austrian-Czech physician Peter Safar. It was originally developed for training mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. After a while, it became known as “Resuci Anne” or “CPR Anne”. Interesting is […]
Gostaríamos de dar as boas-vindas a todos os interessados em educação endovascular baseada em simulação virtual. A simulação virtual ganhou visibilidade como ferramenta educacional desde 1930, com o surgimento do “Link Trainer”, ou “Blue box” (figura), o primeiro simulador de voo desenvolvido pela Link Aviation Devices. A ideia era ensinar os pilotos de forma SEGURA. […]