End of May, Orzone premiered with the worlds most realistic and comprehensive training environment: Orcamp – during the EuroPCR congress in Paris. Based on a curriculum developed in partnership with Prof. Jean Marco/EuroPCR and Dr. John Edmond/Bristol Heart Institute, participating Cardiologists and nurses were given the opportunity to practice an Acute Coronary Syndrome case.
The procedure was performed in the realistic hybrid training operating room Orcamp, produced by Orzone, and was done on a virtual reality representation of a real patient, programmed by Mentice. The curriculum was firmly based on current clinical guidelines and included a didactic component prior to performing diagnostic angiography and angioplasty on the virtual patient. Distinguished proctors came from the EuroPCR faculty, and the trainee sessions for the whole EuroPCR week filled quickly at the beginning of the conference.
A Face Validity study was completed and preliminary results have been analyzed by Prof. Anthony Gallagher, Belfast and showed a very positive result. The overall assessment of ‘Global Realism’ of the new hybrid simulator, Orcamp, was assessed by the cardiologists as 96% in terms of how it looked and behave in comparison to an actual Cath. Lab. The operating room will now tour Europe and similar training sessions will be offered at the Interventional Radiology meeting CIRSE beginning of October. One operating room will be installed at Imperial College in London this summer.
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(Published 2010-06-01 12:06)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London and Swedish company Orzone in collaboration to develop a unique medical simulation product to improve medical outcome and patient safety. Orzone announces its first Orcamp customer, Imperial College in London, one of the leading universities in the world. The parties have entered a long-term partnership to jointly develop content and functionality for a team training operating environment called Orcamp. Focusing on advanced medical procedures, Orcamp will facilitate training and assessment of multi-professional operating teams. Features include full-scale OR equipment such as x-ray equipment, patient table and screens, integration with available patient simulators, built-in technical and team exercises and extensive assessment support according to validated rating scales. Since the x-ray is simulated and the patients are virtual, no radiation is emitted and no patients are hurt while the medical teams are trained.
European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and Swedish company Orzone in collaboration to harmonize training of European medical doctors. Orzone and UEMS share the vision of improving healthcare quality through the harmonisation of training and education in Europe. For this purpose a collaboration has been established for developing a comprehensive electronic platform to support medical training, assessment and continuous professional development. The strategic direction for the establishment and the primary focus of this initiative is to extensively improve the education and training of European medical doctors, improving medical outcome and patient safety.