surgery

This is EPIC: Simulation Education with Patient Actors to Improve Care

kvd1 — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:54:22 +0000

Monakshi Sawhney

Simulation education, using standardized patient actors, is a unique way to provide education in health care settings to practicing clinicians. It is an opportunity to practice assessment skills and critical thinking in a safe environment that mimics the patient care setting. Our team implemented this concept at a hospital in Toronto, with a focus on researching the outcomes of a simulation intervention for nurses who care for patients receiving epidural analgesia for pain management after surgery. This photograph depicts the real-to-life patient care environment that was created for this study.

Location of photograph:

Education and Research Centre, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Prize name:

KGHRI Prize

Submission Year:

2019-20

Matters of the Heart: Less-invasive Approaches to Cardiac Surgery

kvd1 — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:08:29 +0000

Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Queen’s University and a Clinician-scientist at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre. His research focuses on developing and expanding the use of new treatments and novel, less-invasive procedures for cardiac surgery. Dr. Bisleri’s work also includes economic analysis of these new approaches to assess their impact on outcomes such as shorter recovery times and more effective use of hospital resources.

Network Connectivity: Rewiring Lost Brain Functions

kvd1 — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:55:32 +0000

Dr. DJ Cook is a Neurosurgeon at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Queen’s University. In 2018, he was named Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and recognized for his work in developing minimally invasive surgical procedures for complex brain disorders and for his innovative research focusing on therapy and treatments to enhance recovery for patients who have suffered a stroke. His Translational Stroke Research Lab has received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Gabor Fichtinger

vandusen — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 20:25:46 +0000

Open Source Surgery Systems

Modern surgery requires a team of doctors, nurses, assistants … and computers. As the Canada Research Chair in Computer-Integrated Surgery, Dr. Gabor Fichtinger explores the potential for computers to assist and enhance surgeries and medical interventions for precision and more effective results. He studies a wide-range of applications such as medical imaging, image computing, scientific visualization, surgical planning and navigation, robotics, and biosensors to integrate them into systems for clinical use.