Monthly Online Hands-On Surgical Training (HOST) 2023-2024
There will be one HOST course per month
|In-House Monthly HOST - Online
Virtually join the SickKids cardiovascular surgery department once a month to perfrom various repairs on surgical simulation models, and obtain real-time feedback by our proctors.
Time & Location
There will be one HOST course per month
In-House Monthly HOST - Online
About the Event
This in-person / online course is the SickKids’ cardiovascular surgical fellows’ training program. We share the program with the surgeons in need for hands-on surgical training. The interested surgeons can attend the course by registering each session as described above. The registered applicants will be provided with the model or models in advance by mail. The attendees will practice the procedure, which will be viewed in real-time by the proctors through a webcam. The proctors will monitor the attendee’s procedure to give technical advice and take questions throughout the session.
Course requirements:
Provided by the Course Organizers:
1. Simulation heart models
2. Simulated surgical patches
3. Surgical simulation table setting (needs to be purchased onetime)
Equipment required by attendees:
1. Laptop computer and Zoom® account
2. Surgical instruments
3. Sutures
