title: Toward the development of a virtual electrosurgery training simulator.
abstract: We propose a principled approach to the design of a computer-based, virtual reality simulator specifically for electrosurgical training. The design builds on the Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) program's didactic curriculum and the results of a survey of domain experts on the roles of cognitive knowledge and hands-on training for a selection of electrosurgery tasks. The resulting design focuses narrowly on the tissue effects caused during electrosurgery and the identified physician-controllable factors causing those effects.
authors.affiliation: Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Schwaitzberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
authors.forename: Suvranu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface