Featured blog post: New simulation training for robotic-assisted surgeons
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, March 4, 2010
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Most surgeons who perform robotic-assisted surgeries using the da Vinci™ robotic surgical system, or a similar product, learn by shadowing colleagues. Now, the new Robotic Surgical Simulator, or RoSS, allows surgeons to learn through simulation, according to a February 25, SUNY Buffalo press release.
Researchers are calling RoSS a flight simulator for surgeons because it follows a similar method that pilots use. The need for a training simulator was clear in the minds of its creators.
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