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Bite Of Science Alyssa Tanaka

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center

BACKGROUND

WHO AM I?

•B.S. Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

•M.S. Modeling and Simulation-Human

Systems Track • Research Internship

•Ph.D. Modeling and Simulation • Training Simulations, Instructional Design, Grant Writing

• Robotic Surgery Diploma

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center

• Surgical Training

• Simulation

• Research

WHERE DO I WORK?

WHAT IS ROBOTIC SURGERY?

• MIS benefits similar to Laparoscopy

• Da Vinci System: 3D vision, 10x magnification, wristed instruments,

tremor abolition, and camera stabilization

• GYN, Urology, ENT, General

surgery

SIMULATION •Four Robotic Surgery

Simulators: dVSS, dV-

Trainer, RoSS, Robotix

Mentor

•Virtual Environments

•Basic Skills

SIMULATION

ROBOTIC SURGERY

WHAT DO I DO? •Research • Protocol Development

• Data Collection/Analysis

• Publications/Presentations

• Grant Writing

•Curriculum Development • In-house curriculum (FRS)

•Education • Simulation Training

• UCF CoM Elective Course and mentoring

RESEARCH

DoD Funded Research •Telesurgery •Simulator Validation •Curriculum Development •Impact of Video Games •Team Training Video Game •Simulator Development

US Army Medical

Research & Material

Command

TELESURGERY Metropolitan

Orlando Campuses

Statewide

Florida Campuses

Nationwide

Orlando, FL

Fort Worth, TX

Denver, CO

Loma Linda, CA

International

No Thanks!

Generally Safe

0 – 200ms

Physician Dependent

300 – 500ms

Generally Unsafe

600 – 1,000ms

VALIDATION

•Intuitive Surgical Inc

•Skills Simulator

•VR Environment

•Self-contained PC plugs

into the surgeon’s

console

•Mimic Technologies Inc

•dV-Trainer

•VR Environment

•Unique hardware and

software device

•Surgical Simulation Inc

•RoSS Simulator

•VR Environment

•Unique hardware and

software device

CURRICULUM •The Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) • Online Curriculum • Psychomotor Skills

•DoD, VHA, Surgical Specialty Societies

•Certification of basic robotic skills

CURRICULUM

CURRICULUM

VIDEO GAMES Team Training Skill Development

OUR TEAM

Thank you!