Background The complexity of the operating room requires a surgeon to have both technical
ability and an array of nontechnical skills. The emphasis on technical skills during surgical …

Objective Simulation is a common adjunct to operative training and various modalities exist
for ureteroscopy. This systematic review aims the following:(1) to identify available …

Objectives To explore the views of experts about the development and validation of a robotic
surgery training curriculum, and how this should be implemented. Materials and methods An …

Objectives To identify and review the currently available simulators for prostate surgery and
to explore the evidence supporting their validity for training purposes. Materials and …

Introduction Analyses of adverse events inside the operating theatre has demonstrated that
many errors are caused by failure in non‐technical skills and teamwork. While simulation …

Introduction. Deficiencies in teamwork skills have been shown to contribute to the
occurrence of adverse events during surgery. Consequently, several teamwork assessment …

Simulation-based methods are regularly used to train inter-professional groups of
healthcare providers at academic medical centers (AMC). These techniques are used less …

Objectives To describe the progress being made in training for minimally invasive surgery
(MIS) in urology. Methods A group of experts in the field provided input to agree on …

Introduction Over the past few decades, simulation-based training has rapidly been adopted
by many centres for effective technical and non-technical skills training, as a supplementary …

Background Knife-related behaviour among young people is an increasing social concern
with a total of 35 teenagers killed by knife attacks in England in 2017. Distributed simulation …