We offer surgery residents access to a simulation environment that helps create a safer patient experience during real surgical procedures, improves physician performance, encourages critical thinking, prepares surgeons for unexpected events in the operating room and increases comfort when performing a procedure.
The Baylor Dallas Academic Surgery Simulation Program consists of three components: The Seeger Simulation Center, the Baylor Operative Skills Simulation (BOSS) lab and the Center for Evidence Based Simulation (CEBS).
In the Seeger Simulation Center, current simulation resources include:
- Fundamentals of laparoscopic simulator
- Endoscopic simulator
- Cardiovascular access/ultrasound
- Breast and thyroid mass exploration
- Laparoscopy trainer
- Endovascular simulator
- Ultrasound simulator
- High-tech mannequin
We also utilize high-fidelity simulators, including an arthroscopic simulator for increasing training in upper endoscopy, ERCP, biopsies, colonoscopies, etc.
The Baylor Operative Skills Simulation (BOSS) lab, which is a functional bioskills lab, allows residents to train on wet models or cadaveric specimens.
The Center for Evidence Based Simulation is the research and development arm of the program.