More Laboratory Simulations—Fewer Brain Complications: Prospects from the First Neurosurgery Laboratory in Iraq

• Published in: World neurosurgery Vol. 157; pp. 30 - 34
• Main Authors: Hoz, Samer S., Al-Sharshahi, Zahraa F., Esene, Ignatius N., Al-Awadi, Osama M., Salih, Hayder R., Alrawi, Mohammed A., Aktham, Awfa, Al-Taweel, Mustafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Brain - pathology; Brain - surgery; Clinical Competence; Computer Simulation; Humans; Internship and Residency; Iraq; Laboratories - organization & administration; Low-and-middle-income countries; Microneurosurgical skills; Microsurgery - economics; Microsurgery - education; Neurosurgeons; Neurosurgery - economics; Neurosurgery - education; Neurosurgery - organization & administration; Neurosurgery training; Neurosurgical Procedures - methods; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Vascular Surgical Procedures; Iraq; Low-and-middle-income countries; Microneurosurgical skills; Neurosurgery training; WFNS

The intensive training requirements needed to achieve the requisiste microneurosurgical milestones makes proper training and skill acquisition a challenge to the novice neurosurgeon. This problem is compounded in low- and middle-income nations, where neurosurgery is subject to a myriad of human and...