Tsuda Shawn, Mohsin Adnan, Jones Daniel
Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA.
Surg Clin North Am. 2015 Aug;95(4):791-800. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2015.03.002. Epub 2015 May 7.
As simulation-based training has become established within medical and health professional disciplines, skills training laboratories have become a standard in surgery training programs. In 2008, the American College of Surgeons and Association of Program Directors in Surgery developed a simulation-based surgical skills curriculum; the Residency Review Committee for Surgery of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandated access to skills laboratories for all surgery programs. Establishing a surgical skills laboratory and adapting the training curriculum requires a significant amount of resources. This article discusses the financial aspects of establishing a training center, from funding opportunities to budgeting considerations.
