Medical Institutions

Accelerate skill acquisition and surgical readiness.

Providing a foundational medical education while building practical skills has become a challenge for medical institutions. Duty-hour restrictions, the rapid advancements in new technology and medical implants have all led to traditional learning methods falling behind on training the next generation of surgeons. A significant percentage of surgical residents report they do not feel ready to independently perform procedures upon completion of their training.1,2 Virtual reality training represents an accessible, cost-effective and deliberate practice methodology to help residents and practicing surgeons reach a competency threshold or achieve surgical mastery.

Partnerships

PrecisionOS currently has established partnerships with ten medical institutions in North America, including the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, SIGN International and the Mayo Clinic. The effectiveness of PrecisionOS VR training has been recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The company submitted and recently received approval for the use of its training for Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Solve
training gaps.

Address the gap imposed by working time directives and duty-hour restrictions that give the current generation of orthopedic residents less time for hands-on clinical experience.

Combine
knowledge and skill.

Provide the combination of high-fidelity OR experience with real-time decision making and acquisition of technical skills that has traditionally only been acheiveable in a live OR.

Power
competency-based training.

Advance training models from time-based learning to a competency-based approach powered by VR that provides objective real-time measures to help accelerate training and skill acquisition.

Maximize
patient safety.

Offer experience with variations in patient anatomy and the opportunity to take on complex and challenging cases without putting patients at risk.

Apply
objective measures.

Make progress toward mastery measurable, and facilitate a training curve modulation through objective real-time metrics and outcomes.

Scale
cost-effective training.

Deliver evidence-based and validated training that scales easily, and avoids the cost burden associated with sawbones, cadavers and supplies.

“This is clearly an essential technological application to surgical practice and is an incredibly powerful tool.
Surgeons have the ability to learn techniques without putting the patient at risk.”

Bernard F. Morrey, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgeon at Mayo Clinic

“Virtual reality represents a disruptive technology that could have huge impact on training of residents and fellows.”

A. Seth Greenwald, D. Phil (Oxon)

Director of Orthopaedic Research at the Cleveland Clinic
Course Director at the Current Concepts Institute
Founder of Current Concepts in Joint Replacement

1 Fonseca AL, Reddy V, Longo WE, Udelsman R, Gusberg RJ. Operative confidence of graduating surgery residents: a training challenge in a changing environment. Am J Surg. 2014 May;207(5):797-805.
2 George B, Bohnen J, Williams R, et al. Readiness of US General Surgery Residents for Independent Practice. Annals of Surgery. 266(4):582–594, OCTOBER 2017