Surgical Training

  • Vanderbilt University

    Student creates abdomen model to assist surgical trainees

    George Washington University biomedical engineering student Sydney Bailes spent her summer carefully creating silicone layers of precise consistencies, and she hopes to spend winter break continuing work on the project that can one day help junior surgical trainees practice a critical skill — inserting surgical instruments for abdominal surgeries. Read More

    Sep 28, 2017

  • Trauma surgical skills training course lands certification

    Trauma surgical skills training course lands certification

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now certified as Tennessee’s only teaching site for an advanced trauma surgical skills training course offered at fewer than 50 hospitals worldwide. Read More

    Aug 22, 2013