Virtual surgical telesimulations in otolaryngology

Distance learning can be enhanced with the use of virtual reality; this paper describes the design and initial validation of aWeb Environment for Surgery Skills Training on Otolaryngology (WESST-OT). WESST-OT was created aimed to help trainees to gain the skills required in order to perform the Func...

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Autores:
Múnera Salazar, Luis Eduardo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2005
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
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oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79556
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https://nebulosa.icesi.edu.co:2615/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-23844472377&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=Virtual+Surgical+Telesimulations+In+Otolaryngology&st2=&sid=715993FE5A5BD016AF7D8BBFE6B70877.fM4vPBipdL1BpirDq5Cw:130&sot=b&sdt=b&sl=65&s=
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79556
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openAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:Distance learning can be enhanced with the use of virtual reality; this paper describes the design and initial validation of aWeb Environment for Surgery Skills Training on Otolaryngology (WESST-OT). WESST-OT was created aimed to help trainees to gain the skills required in order to perform the Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery procedure (FESS), since training centers and specialist in this knowledge are scarce in Colombia; also, it is part of a web based educational cycle which simulates the stages of a real procedure. WESST-OT is one from the WESST family of telesimulators which started to be developed from an architecture proposed at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference 2002; also, it is a step towards the use of virtual reality technologies in Latin America.