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State-of-the-Art Bioskills Lab

Madia Russillo, MD, PGY-4 works in the Bioskills Lab

"Our residents get exceptional training in ear surgery.
Very few institutions can rival it [the new Bioskills Lab.]"

- Marlan Hansen, MD, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and
   Brian F. McCabe Distinguished Chair of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 

 

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 new UI Hospitals and Clinics 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.

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 Hospitals and Clinics, 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.

 

State-of-art Bioskills Lab Center for Procedural Skills & Simulation

 

The state-of-the-art Bioskills Lab in the Center for Procedural
Skills & Simulation boasts 16 stations with wet sinks, pull-down
microscopes, and video monitors.                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

                

State-of-art Bioskills Lab Center for Procedural Skills & Simulation

                                                        
 Scott Owen, MD, center, and Sohit Kanotra, MD, right, look on as Catalina Mulanax,
a fourth-year medical student, practices endoscopic airway procedures. Dr. Owen is
director of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction and director of the Facial Nerve Center at
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, as well as assistant residency program director,
Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, UI Carver College of Medicine.