My Virtual Surgery vs mindfulness study

Improving your surgical skills through distant technical learning ￫ Develop technical surgical skills through simulation training ￫ Increase self-confidence in real surgery ￫ Professional training material ￫ Interface with expert key opinion leaders ￫ Workshops and Event information Offered Courses: ￫ My Virtual Anastomosis: continuous blended learning pathway for Anastomotic Skills ￫ My Virtual Aortic Root: 3 AV procedures simulated on non-biological simulator ￫ My Virtual Mitral Valve: A mitral valve repair curriculum adapted to a low-fidelity simulator Target Audience: ￫ Any surgeon in training who will perform an anastomosis: cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and gynecological surgery. ￫ The first scholar before the clinical confrontation with aortic valve surgery, but also the more experienced one, interested in the valve-sparing surgery. ￫ Scholars interested in cardiac surgery and cardiac surgical residents, in preparation of clinical valve repair

The materials of 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction used in this application are from the Palouse Mindfulness program created by Dave Potter, a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor, and are available free of charge.