Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Medtronic partner to open Surgical Skills Lab
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Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Medtronic partner to open Surgical Skills Lab

The lab has been developed to aid surgeons to overcome the challenging learning curve to obtain laparoscopic expertise

  • By IPP Bureau | September 01, 2021

Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic PLC   announced their partnership for a new Surgical Skill Lab at SKIMS.

The lab was e-inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Secretary UT, J&K, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta (IAS) in the presence of Director SKIMS/EOSG, Dr. A.G Ahangar, Prashant Krishnan, Sr. Director, Surgical and ENT Therapies, Medtronic India and other key dignitaries. Expanding on its commitment to address capacity and awareness barriers, the Surgical Skill Lab will help in the training and development of young surgeons in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hon’ble Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta (IAS) said, “The lab will help students and faculty of SKIMS to train themselves on MIS in Institute only rather than travelling outside the state. SKIMS is a pioneer in producing highly skilled medicos who have made a mark at a global level and appreciated SKIMS administration for making available technically advanced infrastructure to benefit students which eventually improves patient care.”

The Skill Lab has been developed to aid surgeons to overcome the challenging learning curve to obtain laparoscopic expertise. The partnership will focus on the following main areas:

(1) Providing training, replicating real-world environments, using state-of-the-art technology and teaching methods to enhance their skills and quickly adopt minimally invasive ways of surgery.

(2) Assist residents & young surgeons in honing their skills on basic and advance suturing, laparoscopy, hand-eye coordination for laparoscopy.

(3) Prepping future surgeons, thereby adding value to health systems across J&K to address prevalent capacity and awareness barriers along with increasing patient access to various Innovative therapies in the future.

The comprehensive surgical skills lab will feature endo trainers, laparoscopic suturing stations, airway management systems to help budding surgeons deepen their expertise in the surgical field. The skills lab aims to improve the skills of budding surgeons and provide an overall appreciation and understanding of minimally invasive surgery which in turn helps reduce the burden on healthcare infrastructure with improved patient outcomes, reduced hospital stay, the overall reduction in the cost of hospitalization and faster recovery.

 

 

 

 

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