A Cyber Training Framework for Orthopedic Surgery

AbstractPurpose: This paper focuses on the development of a cyber training framework for an orthopedic surgical process termed Less Invasive Stabilization System (LISS) plating surgery. Research methodology: The overall methodology involves the design and use of the Virtual Reality based simulators to train surgical medical students and residents. Expert surgeons played an important role in the design and development of this network based training simulator. Hypothesis: The hypothesis was that the Virtual Reality based simulations can be used to educate and train surgical residents in target surgical processes. Results: An assessment of the impact on the residents’ learning confirmed the hypothesis using such simulators did improve the residents’ understanding of the LISS plating surgical process. Conclusion: This paper demonstrated the impact of using such network based simulation frameworks for medical education and training.