One of the Strongest Programs of its Kind in the Country
The UW Department of Urology’s Simulation Education Program for residents, students, and other learners is a premier skills and simulation program that is a model and resource for urology programs across the country. The Urology Simulation Education Program is co-led by Kristin Ebert, MD, and Frank Lin, MD.
The program includes a PGY-1 bootcamp focusing on knot-tying, suturing, laparoscopic skills, cystoscopy and ureteroscopy, robotics, laparoscopic port placement, and suturing/stapling bowel anastomoses. The goal of the bootcamps are to prepare residents so at the end of the PGY-1 year they are functioning at a PGY-3 level for basic skills. The bootcamp includes aspects of and builds upon the ACS/APDS Phase 1 curriculum when applicable.
Labs for all residents will include surgical skills labs, such as the ureteral reimplant lab, simulated patient scenarios, computer-based training, and high-fidelity models. Each laboratory has a faculty champion as well as additional faculty instructors. All faculty are encouraged to attend.
Bootcamp Simulation Labs
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Endourology
- Flexible and rigid cystoscopy
- Digital flexible and semi-rigid ureteroscopy
- Shark bipolar enucleation and resection station
- PIRANHA HoLEP prostate morcellation station
Introduction to Loupe Surgery
- Based on the University of Toronto curriculum as described in “A Practice Platform for Systematic Development of Microsurgical Loupe Surgery Skills Instrument Technique”
- Angled face suturing
- Parallel face suturing
- Cut, cut, and excise
- Rice transfer, rice hole drop
- Deflux Injection
Knot Tying and Suturing
- Knot Tying
- Two-handed tie
- One-handed tie
- Instrument tie
- Deep tie
- Suturing
- Simple interrupted suture
- Running simple suture
- Running subcuticular suture
- Vertical mattress suture
- Horizontal mattress suture
- Interrupted subcuticular suture
Laparoscopic Skills and Lap Port Placement
- Bean drop
- Running string
- Block move
- Peg transfer
- Pattern cut
- Interrupted intracorporeal suture
- Continuous intracorporeal suture
Surgical Skills Simulation Labs
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Advanced Endoscopy
BPH/Cancer
- Rezum
- Greenlight laser therapy
- SpaceOAR
- Virtual Reality HoLEP Simulator
- Urolift
- TURP, TURBT w/ Resectoscope
- Bladder Tumor Resection Model
Stone
- Access and dilation for percutaneous nephrolithotomy utilizing a watermelon and silicone block model
- Fluoroscopy guided access with porcine kidney
- Practice live access via fluoroscopy with different techniques (bullseye, triangular, etc.)
- Placing guide-wire into the kidney
- Balloon or sequential dilation
- PCNL ultrasound access
- G-Phantom model
- Practice access and guide-wire placement
- G-Phantom model
- CIRS model
- Practice access via difference angles and depth of penetration
- Porcine kidney
Bowel Anastomosis and Neobladder
- Stapled bowel anastomosis
- Neobladder procedure (bladder reconstruction), creating a new bladder using a piece of small intestine.
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
- Interstim Needle Placement
- Interstim Procedure
- Retropubic Sling
- Transobturator Sling
- Urethral Bulking
Hypospadias Repair
- Low fidelity models
- Scissor cut, angle face suturing, parallel face suturing, rice transfer
- Hypospadias practice model
- Hypospadias full model
Male and Female Pelvic Medicine Cadaver Lab
- Female sling placement
- Male sling placement
- AdVance XP Male Sling Procedure
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS) placement
- IPP Placement
- Penoscrotal placement of the inflatable penis prosthesis (IPP)
- Tips and Tricks: Penoscrotal Inflatable Penile Prosthesis IPP
PCNL
- Access and dilation for percutaneous nephrolithotomy utilizing a watermelon and silicone block model
- Fluoroscopy-guided access with porcine kidney
- Practice live access via fluoroscopy with different techniques (bullseye, triangular, etc.)
- Placing guide wire into the kidney
- Balloon or sequential dilation
- PCNL ultrasound access
- G-Phantom model
- Practice access and guide wire placement
- CIRS model
- Practice access via difference angles and depth of penetration
- Porcine kidney
- G-Phantom model
Disclosure of Unanticipated Outcomes
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Breaking Bad News
- Delivering bad news
- Disclosure of medical errors
- Case scenarios
2025 Simulation Lab Schedule
| Date | Time | Location | Lab | Learners |
| February 5th, 2025 (Wed) | 7:00 am – 10:00 am | 1345 HSLC | Breaking Bad News/ Disclosure of Unanticipated Outcomes | All Residents |
| March 26th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Sim Center | Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery | All Residents |
| April 9th, 2025 (Wed) | 8:30 am – 10:00 am | 1203 HSLC | Barrigel Rectal Spacer | All |
| May 14th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Sim Center | Hypospadias Repair | All Residents |
| May 28th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Sim Center | Bowel Anastomoses and Neobladder | PGY 1-3’s |
| July 30th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | 3156 MFCB | Knot tying/Suturing | PGY-1s/Sub-I’s |
| August 6th, 2025 (Wed) | 7:00 am – 12:00 pm | Mobile Lab | Male and Female Pelvic Medicine Cadaver Lab | PGY 2-5’s |
| August 27th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Sim Center | Endourology | PGY 1-3’s/Sub I’s |
| September 10th, 2025 (Wed) | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Sim Center | Laparoscopic Skills and Lap Port Placement | PGY-1’s/Sub I’s |
| September 17th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Sim Center | Microsurgery Lab | PGY-2’s |
| October 8th, 2025 (Wed) | 8:30 am – 10:00 am | 3114 MFCB | Practice Management | All |
| October 29th, 2025 (Wed) | 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Sim Center | Introduction to Loupe Surgery & Deflux | PGY 1-2’s |
For more information, please contact:
Denise A. Mussehl
Credentials: Educational Programs Manager
Email:
mussehl
Phone: (608) 265-2910
Anna Peacock
Credentials: Education Coordinator
Email:
peacock
Phone: (608) 263-1363