SimPraxis™: The solution for cognitive training

In the medical industry, training physicians on how to perform procedures is difficult, time-consuming, and expensive. Medical device companies need a way to effectively train the people who use their products in order to reduce their training costs, improve their clinical trials, and get their products adopted faster. Physicians require Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for their own practice, and institutions that administer the CME courses need better ways to package, distribute, and collect data on their training modules. Even beyond CME, there are opportunities to improve training for simulation centers, medical schools, and medical residents.

Publications

Williams, R.: “Computer-based cognitive simulation” Hands on demonstration as part of North Central Section, American Urological Association Breakout Session on Simulation, San Diego, CA, September 2006.

Tran, L., Dallera, M, R. M. Sweet: Content and Construct Validation Study of SimPraxis: a Novel Prototype Cognitive Simulator for Standard Teaching and Assessment. Podium Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA., January 2006.

Tran, L., R. M. Sweet: Content Validity of the SimPraxis™ Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Interactive Cognitive Trainer. Podium Presented at the Northwest Urological Society, Vancouver, B.C., December, 2004

Dall'Era, M., L. Tran, R. M. Sweet: An interactive computer-based simulator to train
cognitive surgical skills. Video Presented at the Western Section AUA, San Diego, CA, 2004


Articles describing the need for cognitive simulation:

"Assessing Operative Skill: Needs To Become More Objective" British Medical Journal.

"Growing Debate as Doctors Train on New Devices" The New York Times.