You can borrow this from InterNICHE (follow instructions on their loan page).

See Colorado State University Develops Artificial Tissue for a video illustrating the medium.ĭASIE™ Dog Abdominal Surrogate for Instructional Exercise.

See Colorado State University Invention Helps Students Learn Surgical Techniques Before Operating on Patients for a description.

It allows incisions to be made and sutured with realistic simulated bleeding.

This is a realistic simulation of the body wall.

She has individual muscles, bones, and organs – and can be operated on repeatedly without risking a live animal. She breathes and bleeds just like a real dog. She is a life saver, but she is not alive. Based on 20+ years of SynDaver research, this model is made from water, fiber and salt.

From Web site: The SynDaver Synthetic Canine is a futuristic animal model designed to replace live animals and animal cadavers in veterinary surgical training.

SynDaver Surgical Canine SynDaver Surgical Canine

If you are aware of other examples you believe to be important to include here, please send the information to HEVM for consideration. Comparative Effectiveness of Training with Simulators Versus Traditional Instruction in Veterinary Education: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviewįollowing the list of specific alternatives, there is a section comprising literature that either explains or evaluates the alternatives or provides additional information on the subject of surgical instruction.

see Clevenger & Kass, 2003 Freeman et al, 2013 Freeman et al, 2014 Kennedy et al, 2011 Smeak, 2007 Snowden et al, 2008 Spindel et al, 2008). The experience at many institutions using this has been positive for students and animals alike (e.g. The latter is an important method of providing live animal experience and training in many core skills needed to perform surgery.

Others involve using cadavers, which provide for a somewhat more realistic experience, or using live animals who will benefit from the surgery such as patients in the operating theater or those being sterilized as part of an animal shelter program. Although these have limitations (’tissue’ handling is not similar to the real thing there is no realistic bleeding, something which often intimidates the novice), they have been shown (see citations in the literature section below) to be effective in increasing a person’s dexterity and some can familiarize the person with the anatomical aspects of a particular surgical procedure. Many of these are simulators these can also be considered part of skills development and may be listed in that section. These are a few examples of the types of things that can provide for a rich and effective training in the art of surgery.

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