title: Development and Evaluation of a Novel Pan-Specialty Virtual Reality Surgical Simulator for Smartphones.
abstract: Touch Surgery is a novel simulator that allows cognitive task simulation and rehearsal of surgical procedures. Touch Surgery is designed for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets. This allows a global community of surgical professionals to review the steps of a procedure and test their competence. Content on Touch Surgery is developed with expert surgeons in the field from world leading institutions. Here we describe the development of Touch Surgery, its adoption by the global training community.
authors.affiliation: Touch Surgery Labs, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nehme
authors.affiliation: Touch Surgery Labs, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ali N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bahsoun
authors.affiliation: Touch Surgery Labs, London, UK.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D000070856:High Fidelity Simulation Training / Q000379:methods; D063731:Mobile Applications; D000068997:Smartphone; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface