Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stefanidis, Dimitrios (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Korndorffer Jr., James R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sweet, Robert (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation,
• Subjects: Surgery.; Anesthesiology.
• Physical Description: XVIII, 401 p. 200 illus., 189 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319982762
• ISSN: 2366-4479
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98276-2

This pragmatic book is a guide for the use of simulation in surgery and surgical subspecialties, including general surgery, urology, gynecology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology. It offers evidence-based recommendations for the application of simulation in surgery and addresses procedural skills training, clinical decision-making and team training, and discusses the future of surgical simulation. Readers are introduced to the different simulation modalities and technologies used in surgery with a variety of learners including students, residents, practicing surgeons, and other health-related professionals.