Abstract:The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery has mandated dedicated skills training for first-year orthopedic surgical residents.1 Most residency programs address this requirement with training exercises with cadavers and plastic foam bones. Some programs incorporate one or more simulators in their skills training, including several sophisticated virtual reality simulators and a variety of low-tech simulators. Simulators are helpful because they can provide repeatable educational experiences and quantitative perf… Show more
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