todays announcement: strategic partnership, page-19

incidentally, phase two of the eagle project at UK College of Surgeons is due for completion next year ... lots more for medicvision to be doing in this stage .... expect news soon. http://eagle.rcseng.ac.uk/phases/phase2_html

Phase 2: Clinical Skills Unit
The Clinical Skills Unit will house state-of-the-art technology which will revolutionise surgical training for surgical professionals, such as theatre nurses, surgical care practitioners and radiologists. As well as incorporating simulation facilities, we envisage that the unit will make use of virtual reality training, which will provide trainees in remote sites with access to learning via the Internet.
Within this unit, team interaction and role-playing will be recorded, and video debrief techniques will be employed, to enhance the learning experience. For the very first time, we expect to develop and teach teamwork skills by using simulated mannequins and multimedia facilities. In line with our aspiration to remain at the forefront of surgical education, we plan to exploit technological innovation, including robotics, endoscopy and computer-aided navigation.

The newly developed unit will deliver the infrastructure and facilities needed to:

Assess professional surgical team skills
Evaluate new surgical equipment and techniques
Develop new educational techniques and technology for onsite and remote learning
Provide a 24-hour virtual reality training capability
Cost: £2.3m
Completion: 2008