LapAR Helps Olympus UK Train Remotely

The professional education team at Olympus UK has decided to adopt Inovus Medical’s LapAR high-fidelity laparoscopic simulator to add value to their existing training programmes. As the pandemic continued to cause increasing levels of disruption to traditional training courses, the teams at Olympus and Inovus decided to ‘re-write the rule book’ and use LapAR to deliver an educational programme in which high fidelity laparoscopic skills training could be delivered entirely remotely.

The first remote Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy course was delivered using the LapAR in late 2020 and was the first of many opportunities for web-based surgical skills training offered by Olympus. Olympus’ gynaecological surgery faculty were able to teach students in locations across the UK utilising the Inovus LapAR trainers via video conference.

Olympus will continue to deliver a series of remote, high fidelity laparoscopic skills courses utilising LapAR throughout 2021. The courses will be across gynaecology and general surgery and offer an opportunity for trainee surgeons in the UK to maintain and progress their surgical skills in the face of disruptions from COVID-19.

Inovus launched LapAR in July 2020.

Interested in learning more on remote learning? Read Remote Training, a Theoretical Perspective -  Part 1 &  Part 2.