The University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital provides a laboratory setting where basic and complex surgical procedures can be learned and practiced.
Surgeons develop a higher level of expertise more rapidly in a laboratory setting where educational principles of repeated practice are employed with ongoing feedback. Educational research is conducted in skills acquisition and evaluation. This research helps provide answers to fundamental educational issues and allows for the testing of surgical innovations.
OUR VISION
Traditionally, surgical skills have been acquired in the operating
room. The complexity of surgical procedures and the premium placed
on surgical time has increased. It is no longer feasible to expect surgeons
to acquire novel skills in the operating room.
It is our goal that this facility become an internationally recognized
centre of excellence in surgical education.
MISSION & OBJECTIVES
To change the way fundamental surgical skills are taught and
evaluated.
To provide a platform for continuing education in surgical skills
Create a laboratory for research and development of surgical
skills innovation.
The promotion and enhancement of teaching surgical skills through
the Surgical Skills Centre.
The Surgical Skills Centre is located at Mount Sinai Hospital in room 250 (level 2).
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