Orzone in collaboration with CIRSE, the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, will provide the opportunity for education and training in a real life hybrid OR training environment – the Orcamp at CIRSE 2010 Valencia, 2–6 October. Orzone will provide a completely new opportunity for education and training for Interventional Radiology in a new comprehensive training environment at CIRSE 2010. In dedicated training sessions CIRSE delegates will have the possibility to train on specific topics in life-like situations, led by proctors from the CIRSE faculty. There will be a total of 8 Orcamp training sessions at CIRSE 2010 and each session will last approximately 60 minutes. Pre-registration for the Orcamp sessions are available at www.cirse.org.

Orcamp

Orcamp is a state-of-the-art technical framework for training and assessment of human interaction processes, i.e. cognitive and multidisciplinary team training. Its equipment is specifically directed towards endovascular procedures with an operating table, simulated x-ray equipment and fluoroscopy and control screens. Orcamp can also be used without the x-ray equipment for general surgery or intensive care scenarios. The actual training equipment in the Orcamp include a c-arm, control panel, operating table, monitors and of course a patient. The patient cases for this occasion are UAE (Uterine Fibroid Embolization) procedures on an integrated virtual reality simulator VIST®-C from Mentice.

About CIRSE

CIRSE The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) is a non-profit making, educational and scientific association aiming to improve patient care through the support of teaching, science, research and clinical practice in the field of cardiovascular and interventional radiology. The Society has over 4,000 individual members and, among other activities, organises an Annual Scientific Congress. With over 5,000 delegates, 4,000 m2 of technical exhibition and over 200 hours of educational and scientific content streamlined around seven major topics CIRSE 2010 is Europe's largest and most comprehensive forum for minimally invasive image-guided therapy. CIRSE 2010 will take place in Valencia, Spain from 2–6 October 2010.