Arthroscopic Psychomotor Skills Laboratory

Dr. Dinesh Patel directs arthroscopic surgery learning at the Psychomotor Skills Laboratory at Ruth Sleeper Hall. The lab's arthroscopic simulation modules includes, knee, shoulder, ankle, and elbow. The simulation modules are utilized in the training of residents, fellows, operating room nurses and 3rd and 4th year medical students. The lab provides a setting for hands eye coordination - skill development in operating technique using Arthroscopic instruments.

The Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program is one of the few programs in the world that has a long history of training residents and fellows in this unique capacity. Arthroscopic surgical training in models and cadavers under Dr. Patel's apt direction have been valuable training tools for residents and fellows for over a decade here at the MGH. Many faculty, including Dr. Harry E. Rubash, Dr. Jon Warner, Dr. Bert Zarins, Dr. Art Boland, Dr. Tom Gill, Dr. Peter Millet, Dr. Charles Brown as well as many others have enthusiastically endorsed this venture and have contributed time to these worthwhile learning sessions.