Our services are routinely used by medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians and medical device companies who wish to improve their skills and test innovative new approaches in the field of surgical care
Our simulation programs in North Texas are based out of Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White, in Dallas.
Baylor University Medical Center has the capabilities for video recording, live-streaming, conferencing and broadcasting to anywhere in the world. Campus-wide Wi-Fi access is free of charge. Catering services are available for full- or half-day events.
Accreditation
Our simulation training program has Level 1 accreditation through the ACS-AEI and is the only program in Texas – and the fifth in the world – accredited through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare in all four areas of Assessment, Research, Teaching/Education and Systems Integration. It is also an FLS, FES and FUSE test center.
Baylor Operative Skills Simulation (BOSS) Center
The advanced capabilities of the Baylor Operative Skills Simulation (BOSS) Center allow for a varied and extensive selection of courses and labs to take place.
Our team members are professional and proficient when working with cadaver tissue, and they continually participate in advanced educational training to stay abreast of new developments. The BOSS Center’s lab is able to procure specimens to fit the needs of any course, as well as prepare, store and provide disposition of the specimens.
The BOSS Lab is routinely used by medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians and medical device companies who wish to improve their skills and test innovative new approaches in the field of surgical care.
The facility
The 2,400-square-foot facility can accommodate up to eight learning teams with full laparoscopic and open instrumentation and also offers equipment for rent, such as a C-arm and a trained technician, as well a microscope. The lab has a large selection of general hand instruments enabling participants to experience thorough and accurate training.
A private locker room and storage of personal belongings also is available, along with personal protective equipment (PPE) and scrubs for all participants.
Center for Evidence Based Simulation (CEBS)
With patient safety as a goal, the research in the Center for Evidence Based Simulation (CEBS) is focused on surgical training on all areas of surgery, team training and new technology developments, funded by federal, state and foundation grants.
CEBS is an established collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington, The Automation and Robotics Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas at Dallas, as well as with the Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Ongoing research
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Virtual simulation training
Several virtual reality simulators with kinesthetic (haptic) feedback are being developed for training in laparoscopic procedures. In addition to motors, simulators that are focused on cognitive training are also being developed and validated.
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Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS)
CEBS is part of the multicenter validation of the FRS curriculum. CEBS was also involved in the research to develop the basic tasks for the FRS curriculum.
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Telesurgery
Surgical robots currently require a surgeon to be the same room and cannot be used for telesurgery. The research in CEBS is focused on making this kind of telesurgery a reality. Algorithms for semi and fully autonomous control of surgical robots has been developed and currently being tested for clinical effectiveness.
Seeger Surgical Simulation Center
The Seeger Surgical Simulation Center provides services to all of the Baylor Scott & White Health staff. The trainings are unlimited as long as we have the right equipment. General surgery residents are provided with 24-7 access, allowing practice of techniques from basic suturing and knot-tying techniques to laparoscopic procedures.
We also assist Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine students with their simulation curricula, which includes diverse simulation activities in surgery, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. A scenario-based mock-code training is very popular among the internal medicine residency program and the hospital’s nursing staff.
The center also has the capability for practicing many critical skills, including:
- Knee/shoulder arthrography
- Angiography vascular approach
- Endoscopy
- Bronchoscopy
- Central line insertion
- Lumbar puncture
- Thoracentesis/Paracentesis procedure
- Arterial line placement
The current users of the Seeger Surgical Simulation Center are the General Surgery Residency Education Program at Baylor University Medical Center, other residency and fellowship programs (IM, orthopedics, OB/GYN, vascular surgery, PCCM, periodontal, dental, etc.) and third- and fourth-year medical students from Texas A&M Health Science Center.
It is also actively used by anesthesia nursing, clinical nurse specialists and dietitians at the hospital, as well as community physicians that test on Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) and Fundamentals Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE).
Contact us
Academic Simulation Program
Baylor University Medical Center
First Floor, Roberts Hospital
3500 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, TX 75246
Phone: 214.820.0294
Email: Simulation@BSWHealth.org
Baylor University Medical Center
Roberts Hospital
3500 Gaston Ave.
Dallas, TX 75246