AAOS22: VirtaMed Debuts Inclusive Knee Simulation Model

Medical simulation training firm VirtaMed released VirtaMed ArthroS enhanced arthroscopic knee surgery simulation training modules, which it debuted at this week’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting.
 
The latest training modules are available on simulators with two different skin tones. A 2005 Institute of Medicine report documented that “racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality healthcare than white people—even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable.”
 
To develop the new simulators, VirtaMed and AANA knee experts identified high-priority new cases and features with the most possible impact on training the next generation of surgeons. ArthroS allows trainees to palpate and distract physcial models while performing virtual surgery, as well.
 
“It is important to learn medical skills in a realistic environment, and that means training on simulators that reflect the diversity of both patients and trainee physicians,” Dr. Raimundo Sierra, founder and CEO of VirtaMed told the press. “VirtaMed is committed to encouraging diversity and inclusion in the education of medical skills, and we believe these values should also be reflected in the simulator hardware. This is just one step in the right direction toward more equitable healthcare education and delivery.”
 
VirtaMed will unveil the new model at AAOS booth #1421.