Simulation centre to train cardiothoracic surgeons opens

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Simulation centre to train cardiothoracic surgeons opens
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It has more than 20 types of digital and mechanical simulators to mimic the conditions for endoscopic and minimally invasive heart procedures. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Surgeons and medical students can now tap a new simulation centre to pick up and refine the latest techniques in cardiothoracic and vascular surgeries.

“We tend to say you have to train 10,000 hours to become an expert in anything. Thankfully now, the surgeons don’t have to train those 10,000 hours on patients but on simulators. Professor Theodoros Kofidis, head of the department of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery at NUHCS, demonstrating the use of the Maastricht Endoscopic Mitral Simulator at the new Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Simulation Centre on March 10, 2023. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

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