Preliminary results of a new environment for surgical training virtual reality contents creation

Current pedagogical needs in medical education are closely related to (1) ethical concerns on learning and training with real patients and substitutives such as animals, and (2) reconciling time devoted to learning with clinical practice, considering the European Work Time Directives. Simulation in medical education is and has been the preferred route to address both pedagogical needs. Virtual simulation has proven to be a valid tool for training; however, current systems restrict usage to tasks and modules offered, without possibility of personalization. We present the Minimally Invasive Surgery Simulator Scenario Editor (MIS-SIM) an environment where users can create, edit and run virtual reality tasks designed for medical training. The environment features an editor allowing users to develop learning tasks, defining its learning objectives and task goals in an easy way