Simulation technologies in otolaryngology

Abstract

Modern high-tech medicine requires appropriate training of doctors. Training a otolaryngologist requires the development of a large number of practical skills. They are traditionally mastered on real patients, laboratory animals and cadaveric material. This has obvious disadvantages. When training on patients - medical errors, moral and legal problems. When training on cadaveric material - the risk of infection, lack of the necessary pathology, organizational, ethical and legal problems. When training in laboratory animals - the limitations of biomedical ethics, financial and organizational problems. An alternative way to obtain and practice specific manual skills is to use simulators. The lack of in-line financial costs, the possibility of re-performing the manipulations and an objective assessment of the acquired skills, the lack of the need for the constant presence of a teacher are their undoubted advantage. Many doctors have improved their training using the achievements of modern technology. Today we use anatomical models, phantoms of organs and organocomplexes, virtual simulators. These include combined simulators with augmented reality, virtual simulators and virtual simulators with tactile sensitivity. The price of such devices can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the economic efficiency and feasibility of their use are reliably proven. 65 Natural Science Readings (May 28-30, 2020, Bratislava) Simulators allow you to train practical skills using a real set of surgical instruments, objectively evaluate them, conduct reusable realistic training, and work with individual patient data. All this allows you to reduce the number of errors and reduce time during real operations. Based on this, we can conclude that modern high-tech simulation training technologies make it possible to obtain professional knowledge and skills to provide quality medical care. They have great potential and should be used wherever they have real benefits.