of the brain using simulation" at the Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation, Faculty of Medicine, Al Founder University
Under the supervision of His Excellency Prof. Dr. Saleh Ba Issa, Consultant and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Al-Founder University, a workshop entitled "Putting a tube inside the ventricles of the brain using simulation" was held at the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center of King Abdulaziz University on Tuesday 4/16/1437 AH corresponding to 1/26/2016 .
The workshop is the first of its kind in the Kingdom, which aims to train resident doctors in the specialization program in Neurosurgery under the supervision of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
The workshop aims to increase the empowerment of doctors with methods of treating hydrocephalus and training on how to place the cerebral tube (catheter) in a correct way to achieve the best results and to reduce the risks and health damages to the patient. A scientific simulation device (Immersivetouch) was used, which was brought from the University of Chicago, USA, in coordination with His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz Boker, President of the Skills and Clinical Simulation Center and Beta Scientific.
Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sabbagh, consultant neurosurgeon at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, and Dr. Iman Al-Janabi, consultant at the training center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, participated.
The workshop, which was attended by twenty-three male and female doctors from various training areas and government agencies in the Kingdom, included lectures to introduce the basics of simulation science and its importance in medicine and surgery, and an overview of the anatomy of the ventricles of the brain and the surgical and technical methods of treating hydrocephalus. Then the doctors conducted training on the simulator.
