Prof. Dieter Hahnloser, Head Physician Visceral Surgery, CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland

Start with patient safety
Training cases begin by learning the key preparation steps including how to position the patient and choosing the right positions of the trocars. Place your trainees around the abdomen and have them practice key skills with fully mobile surgical instruments in realistic anatomical environments.

Innovative training concept
The General Surgery module teaches transferable skills in a highly realistic anatomic environment. Trainees are motivated for better training outcomes using repetition of short sequences and performance-based proficiency assessments, all based on validated peer-reviewed publications.

Teach key skills
Trainees learn key skills required to become laparoscopic surgeons, including instrument triangulation and bimanual coordination, anatomy identification, performing different dissection techniques, safe clipping and cutting, complication handling and more. All of these within training scenarios derived from Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy and Incisional Hernia procedures.

Complete visualization
Use the laparoscope to visualize the entire insufflated female abdomen, including the gravitational movement of organs. Safely introduce trocars and palpate vessels and organs, and expose structures by using electrosurgical instruments.

VirtaMed laparoscopic platform
VirtaMed LaparoS™ includes an anatomically correct abdomen model that can be used for (reverse) Trendelenburg positioning as appropriate to the training case. Free choice of portals enables trainees to learn instrument handling with different trocar placement. Realistic laparoscopic instruments have been adapted for simulation and combine full freedom of movement with authentic haptic interactions. The simulator is optimized for ergonomic training with an adjustable operative height and a movable multi-touch screen.
VirtaMed LaparoS™ is a multidisciplinary platform, allowing you to rapidly switch between laparoscopy and further VirtaMed modules and anatomies: GynoS™, UroS™ and ArthroS™.
Support
We offer several different levels of service and support packages tailored specifically to the needs of hospitals and training centers. These can provide you with completed coverage (and peace of mind) when it comes to protecting your investment and getting the most out of your simulator. More about VirtaMed customer service and support
VirtaMed Connect™
Keep your focus on education with remote access; conveniently assign courses and manage curricula, and motivate students with online leader boards, all from the convenience of your office.
Connect lets you track student and cohort progress, helping you easily coach students on key areas for improvement and capture and compare student results over time.
Use Connect to scale simulation to your needs. Because it is cloud-based, Connect can help you easily manage multi-simulator or multi-site training programs.
Go to the Connect FAQs webpage
Download the VirtaMed Connect Factsheet
Training & Education
Our T&E team is here to help you get the most out of your simulator. In addition to introductory sessions, the T&E team offers in-depth training in a variety of areas and in multiple languages (English, German, French, Italian and Chinese). The T&E team can organize trainings that are as diverse as our customers, catering to groups of all sizes and interests. For example, they have helped customers develop courses for trainees preparing for the European board exam or the Swiss Orthopedic exam as well as courses for experienced professionals looking to train on the less-common joints such as the ankle. More about the VirtaMed Training & Education services
Lancement du « Surgical Simulation Tour » à Strasbourg
September 29, 2020
VirtaMed et l'Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC) sont ravis d'annoncer que le laboratoire mobile de simulation chirurgicale lance son Tour de Formation avec une première étape à l’IHU de Strasbourg au sein du Nouvel Hôpital civil de Strasbourg le 5 octobre 2020VirtaMed @ SOFCOT Congress 2020
January 01, 2020 - January 01, 2020
Visit the VirtaMed booth at the SOFCOT: 95e Congrès de la Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique & Traumatologique 2020 in Paris, France.
VirtaMed @ AAOS Annual Meeting 2021
August 31, 2021 - September 04, 2021
Visit the VirtaMed at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2021 in San Diego, California, the United States.
VirtaMed @ Junior Master Class Paris: Gynecological and Pelvic Surgery 2020
December 14, 2020 - December 18, 2020
Train on the VirtaMed simulators at the Junior Master Class Paris: Gynecological and Pelvic Surgery 2020 in Paris, France.
VirtaMed @ 37th International Gastrointestinal Surgery Workshop 2020
September 26, 2020 - October 01, 2020
Train on VirtaMed LaparoS™ Simulator at the 37th International Gastrointestinal Surgery Workshop 2020 in Davos, Switzerland.
VirtaMed @ 63 DGGG Kongress 2020
October 07, 2020 - October 10, 2020
Visit the VirtaMed booth at the 63 Congress of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) 2020 in Munich, Germany.
VirtaMed @ ROSOMED 2020
October 14, 2020 - October 16, 2020
Visit VirtaMed's virtual booth at the ROSOMED 2020: IX Convention of the Russian Society for Simulation Education in Medicine and the International Conference “Simulation education in medicine: expertise, evolution, innovations.”
VirtaMed @ TTCT 2020
November 04, 2020 - November 05, 2020
See VirtaMed's speech and visit our virtual exhibition stand at the 5th Annual European Medical Device and Diagnostic Clinical Training and Education Virtual Conference: The Future of MedTech Clinical Education 2020, online.
VirtaMed @ TOSSM 2020
December 03, 2020 - December 05, 2020
See the VirtaMed ArthroS™ simulator presented by the Equip Healthcare Co., Ltd. at the TOSSM 2020: the 10th Annual Meeting of Thai Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine in Pattaya, Thailand.
VirtaMed @ World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery 2021
November 24, 2021 - November 27, 2021
Visit the VirtaMed booth at the 17th IFSES World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery in conjunction with the 29th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) and incorporating the 16th Meeting of the section of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Technological Innovation of the Spanish Association of Surgery in Barcelona, Spain.