Written by Danny Goel, MD, MBA, MSc, FRCSC
Rethinking Surgical Webinars
Finally, an Immersive Virtual Cadaver Lab: Creating an Ecosystem Where Innovation is Shared, Evaluated, and Adopted Efficiently and Equitably.
Since COVID, webinars have become a mainstay in medical education. They’ve given surgeons access to knowledge, connection, and collaboration without the limits of geography. Many of these webinars provide tremendous value, but the challenge now is differentiation. How do we go beyond another lecture or panel? How do we deliver something that feels truly surgical without the barriers of cost, cadaver labs, or in-person logistics? That’s the question we set out to answer.
Expanding Innovation with Virtual Reality Medical Education
Over the past year, our series of virtual reality (VR) webinars with the American Shoulder Elbow Surgeons has been a tremendous success. By embedding VR into these sessions, we’ve given surgeons something entirely new: the chance to move from passive listening to active surgical engagement.
Now the upcoming webinar on October 9, 2025, represents another major shift in the ecosystem. Sponsored by Exactech, we’ve embedded their latest innovation, a newly launched plate for a common but often untreated fracture of the scapula, directly into our VR platform. This means that for the first time, the product is not just featured in a webinar, but becomes accessible to over 500,000 orthopedic surgeons, residents, and fellows worldwide to practice using in a virtual world. Anyone, anywhere, will be able to practice with the plate from the comfort of their own home.
Building a Digital Anatomy Lab for Consistent Learning
For me, this shift is especially meaningful. As a resident, I remember only once seeing a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty; it left an impression, but it also highlighted how inconsistent exposure to innovation could be. Twenty years ago, knowledge moved somewhat slowly and unevenly. Today, with VR and collaborative webinars, we’re ensuring that access to innovation is consistent, scalable, and immediate.
This webinar is not just another lecture; it’s the birth of an immersive virtual cadaver lab enabling a shared ecosystem for innovation. By combining the expertise of surgical societies like ASES, the innovations of device partners like Exactech for this event, and immersive technology, we’re building a new model for how surgical knowledge and tools are shared.
Surgeon Experience and Industry Partnership
“Exactech is proud to partner with PrecisionOS to virtually showcase our new Equinoxe Scapular Reconstruction System to the ASES membership,” said Chris Roche, Exactech’s Senior Vice President. “Through PrecisionOS’s technology, Dr. Howard Routman and the ASES webinar faculty will be able to simulate scapular fractures (Levy I, IIa, and IIb), talk through treatment strategies, and perform a virtual reconstruction in their virtual reality Fracture Lab using our anatomically contoured set of medial/lateral/anterior hooked scapular plates. We’re grateful for PrecisionOS and ASES for the opportunity to share this novel technology and help advance surgeon education and patient care.”
The timing couldn’t be better. Just one week after the October 9, 2025, webinar, Exactech will be in San Diego for the Annual ASES meeting (October 15–18). There, surgeons will have the opportunity to hold the actual plate in their hands—building on their virtual experience and deciding for themselves how this innovation fits into their practice. For those unable to attend in person, the same innovation can be in their hands within minutes. With a VR headset, they can also connect instantly with an expert anywhere in the world, gaining hands-on digital experience without barriers of geography.
Advancing Equitable Access in Medical Education
This is how we’ve enabled an immersive virtual cadaver lab: making them interactive, immersive, and deeply relevant to both education and clinical care. It’s about more than content delivery; it’s about creating an ecosystem where innovation is shared, evaluated, and adopted efficiently and equitably.
And most importantly, it ensures that progress in orthopedics doesn’t just stay with a few surgeons in a few centers, but spreads across the community, for the benefit of patients everywhere.
À propos de PrecisionOS
PrecisionOS is an award-winning medical software company redefining surgical training through virtual reality. Built by surgeons for surgeons, PrecisionOS empowers healthcare teams around the world with immersive, measurable, and patient-centered learning experiences.
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