Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Germany
Train virtually, save lives: Universitätsklinikum Würzburg develops OPTESK simulator
University Hospital Würzburg in Germany has developed OPTESK, a simulator for realistic training in endoscopic emergency treatment of stomach bleeding without using animals or risking patients.
Why it matters: People learning endoscopic emergency treatment of gastric bleeding can practise on the OPTESK simulator developed at University Hospital Würzburg rather than on animals.
University Hospital Würzburg (Universitätsklinikum Würzburg) has developed a simulator named OPTESK for training endoscopic emergency procedures.
According to the announcement, the simulator lets trainees learn to treat gastric bleeding realistically without any use of animals.
The announcement says the training carries no risk for patients.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
Those training in endoscopic emergency care who use the OPTESK simulator developed at University Hospital Würzburg can practise treating gastric bleeding realistically without animals and without risk to patients.
