Open Vascular Surgery Simulation Event held at WVU Charleston Campus

Albeir Y. Mousa, MD, FACS, RPVI, MPH, MBA, professor of vascular surgery at the WVU School of Medicine Charleston campus held an Open Vascular Surgery Simulation Event on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the CAMC Vascular Center of Excellence 4th Floor Conference Room at the Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center on the WVU / CAMC Memorial Hospital campus.

WVU Vascular Surgery faculty worked with participants using simulators and/or anastomosis sewing stations with vascular inlays, surgical instruments and sutures, and grafts and patches to train on such procedures as open abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid endarterectomy, femora-popliteal bypass and creation of dialysis access.

According to a study by Oxford Medicine, simulation is an important methodology in bridging the gap between theory and practice in medical education. Simulation-based education provides a structured, learner-centered environment in which novice, intermediate, and advanced practitioners can learn or practice skills without causing harm to patients. A range of systematic reviews indicate that simulation-based medical education can improve knowledge and skills and, increasingly, improve patient outcomes. The advantages and benefits of simulation are reflected in its increasing global use as a learning methodology in medical school and in continuing medical education.

Dr. Mousa and his vascular surgery colleagues at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine Charleston Campus hold these types of events yearly, and have found them to be very popular with learners.