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From Florida Trend:
The model for training surgeons once was, “See one. Do one. Teach one.”
Trouble is, seeing one surgical procedure doesn’t mean you’ve seen all the ways that operation can turn out. Better to see as many as possible and practice a lot before touching a real live patient.
That’s where the University of South Florida Health Simulation Center at Tampa General Hospital comes in.
The new $1.5 million center is the first of its kind in the Southeast, say USF administrators. It features more than a half-dozen high-tech simulators that allow medical residents — young doctors completing their training – and physicians to practice techniques, critical thinking and decisionmaking skills.
“I wish I had had this when I was a resident,” radiologist James Lefler said Wednesday as he worked with a resident inserting a catheter into the artery of a virtual patient named Simantha.
One screen over Simantha showed the placement and movement of the probe. Another displayed heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs.
