Residents and faculty of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine now have access to a state-of-the-art Bioskills Lab located in the University of Iowa Health Care Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation (CPSS).
The lab features 16 stations with wet sinks, pull-down microscopes, and video monitors. Work done at any station can be projected onto either or both of the facility’s big-screen TVs to enhance teaching opportunities. The new facility provides a world-class environment for simulating ear surgery and microvascular surgery, among other procedures.The lab space is available to many UI Carver College of Medicine departments, but the Department of Otolaryngology is the highest-volume user, says Marlan Hansen, MD, professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery and Brian F. McCabe Distinguished Chair of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery.
Our residents get exceptional training in ear surgery. Very few institutions can rival it [the new Bioskills Lab.]
Scott Owen, MD, clinical assistant professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery and the department’s assistant residency program director, says the lab is one of the best in the country for otolaryngology residents, allowing extensive opportunities to work with donor temporal bones. Located only an elevator ride from the Otolaryngology Clinic at UI Health Care, it is much larger, brighter and more up-to-date than the decades-old facility in use previously.
The CPSS also includes a mock operating room, four simulation rooms, two central venous catheter insertion training/certification rooms, and a conference room. UI Health Care funded the facility, which includes ample space to offer classes to external learners. Surgical instruments for use by residents and faculty of the Department of Otolaryngology were funded by generous donations from the Roger A. and Mary P. Simpson Fund.
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