Medical Robotic and Telesurgical Simulation and Education Research

Abstract

This project is broken into three focus areas: robotic curriculum, telesurgery, and simulation. In each we are exploring various applications and extensions of the existing robotic surgical systems. Under robotic curriculum we are bringing together the leading surgeons and academicians to define the outcomes measures, curriculum, psychomotor devices, and high stakes testing that should be used to certify surgeons who wish to practice robotic surgery. Under imulation we are examining the impact of rehearsing a procedure in a simulator immediately before performing that same procedure on a patient. This area also includes a comparative evaluation of all of the robotic simulators that are available with a recommendation of the best fit for military surgeons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA623646

Entities

People

  • Roger D. Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineers
  • General Surgery
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Personnel
  • Network Science
  • Psychology
  • Simulators
  • Students
  • Surgery
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • United States
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy