Orthopedic Clinical Immersion in Materials, Devices, and Surgical Technologies-I

Catalog description

The course is the first course of two successive courses that aims to provide students with hands-on experience, and exposure to various orthopedic surgical procedures and techniques, and the relevant engineering principles and applications. This course is partly in-person, and each student will be present in the University for two days once during each year of education. During this visit, they will have hands on involvement with different orthopedic surgeries, either on Saw-Bone, or in the operating room, under the supervision of surgeons. The rest of the course will be online weekly sessions for live or recorded surgical operations presentation by different surgeons. This course uses front-edge educational technology by virtual reality provided by PrecisionOS company. This technology simulates different orthopedic surgical procedures on anatomic 3D models of the human body, and students can practice the surgeries using a VR Oculus headset from home while being supervised by a surgeon. Hence, all students must obtain an Oculus VR headset, Quest 3, for this course.