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Vision & Mission 

Our Vision

Traditionally, surgical skills have been acquired in the operating room. The complexity of surgical procedures and the premium placed on surgical time have increased. We can no longer expect surgeons to acquire novel skills in the operating room.
The University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital provides a laboratory setting where basic and complex surgical procedures can be learned and practised. Surgeons will achieve a higher level of expertise more rapidly in a laboratory setting, where they can employ educational principles of repeated practice with feedback. Educational research is conducted in skills acquisition and evaluation. This research will provide answers to fundamental educational issues and allow testing of innovations in surgery. 
It is our goal that this facility become an internationally recognized centre of excellence in surgical education.

Mission - Objectives

  1. To change the way fundamental surgical skills are taught and evaluated.

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  2. To provide a platform for continuing education in surgical skills.

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  3. To provide a laboratory for research in and development of surgical skills innovation.

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  4. To promote and enhance the teaching of surgical skills through the Surgical Skills Centre. 
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