Yale Club of Fort Worth Members Experience Future of Medicine at Burnett School of Medicine at TCU
Members of the Simulation and Technology department at Burnett School of Medicine at TCU and medical students guided attendees through live demos of Microsoft HoloLens® and HoloAnantomy, Laparoscopic Surgery Skills, High-Fidelity Manikin Simulation and Suturing.
FORT WORTH – Simulation and technology at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University was on full display for members of the Yale Club of Fort Worth during a live interactive experience in early June.
Members of the Simulation and Technology department at Burnett School of Medicine at TCU and medical students guided attendees through live demos of Microsoft HoloLens® and HoloAnantomy, Laparoscopic Surgery Skills, High-Fidelity Manikin Simulation and Suturing.
Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., Founding Dean of Burnett School of Medicine at TCU and former Yale School of Medicine Professor, addressed the attendees and explained the importance of technological advances in medical education training.
“Most of us that are physicians learned how to do everything that our students are learning on patients and that was really hard,” Dean Flynn said. “The thing I love about where we’ve grown in medicine is this is a safe environment. Our students and our residents can do things that aren’t experimenting on patients and can do it over and over again to develop the muscle memory of what these procedures feel like.”
Angela Morka, a sophomore at Yale University, had the opportunity to use the Laparoscopic Surgery Skills equipment that uses virtual reality and physical surgical tools. She is considering attending medical school in the future and was amazed by the technology.
“I’ve heard of VR before but to see it in that way was very interesting and cool and progressive,” Morka said. “There’s no pain involved it’s very ethical and empathetic while still being technological.”
Pat Carter, Yale alumna Class of 1971, had an immersive experience with HoloLens and HoloAnatomy. Seeing the intricacies and colorful detail of the lungs during her demo it left her wanting to learn more, she added.
“It was very stimulating and I came away wanting more,” Carter said. “If I had been able to go to medical school this would’ve been a cool place to be.”