The in-kind award to the global teaching
facility located in Toronto
includes gastrointestinal, respiratory, urology and surgical
equipment
CENTER
VALLEY, Pa., Aug. 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Olympus Corporation of
the Americas (OCA) Grants Committee recently approved a grant to
the Michener Institute of Education at UHN in Toronto, providing a permanent product award
to outfit 11 educational stations in the institute's Temerty
Advanced Surgical Education and Simulation Centre.
The permanent product award encompasses each of Olympus' primary
endoscopic and therapeutic areas of gastrointestinal, respiratory,
and urology. The award emphasizes Olympus' commitment to
patient care by helping the best-qualified third-party
organizations implement educational efforts, build the trainee
pipeline and support HCP proficiency in key specialties. The
permanent product award includes:
- 10 GI towers
- 2 surgical towers
- Gastroscopes
- Bronchoscopes
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) endoscopes
- Flexible ureterscopes
- Flexible cystoscopes
- 4K surgical endoscopes
- SOLTIVE™ Premium SuperPulsed Laser System
- ShockPulse-SE™ lithotripsy system
- ESG-400 electrosurgical generator
- ScopeGuide™ GI navigation system.
The Olympus equipment award is part of Michener's phase two
expansion of the Temerty Advanced Surgical Education &
Simulation Centre, which includes a full- size operating room,
multipurpose simulation lab with 11 mini ORs and a 10-bay clinical
simulation room, allowing fellows and residents to practice skills
24 hours a day on models and virtual reality. Enhanced audio-visual
capabilities will also allow the opportunity to bring in surgeons
from around the world for instruction. Learners will receive highly
specialized training on new and innovative procedures.
Michener has 14 floors of teaching and simulation spaces. Labs
and simulation rooms can accommodate small group learning, while
the lecture spaces accommodate a range from 12 to 300 people.
The in-kind award of 10 GI towers is expected to help Michener
expand its endoscopy program, which is projected to comprise up to
50% of its training courses. With the second phase of the Temerty
Centre expansion, Michener anticipates being able to offer 25
programs for about 500 students in its first year, with plans to
increase student volume in the following years.
Located in Toronto's hospital
corridor, the Michener Institute of Education at UHN – part of the
University Health Network (UNH) – serves as a global healthcare
training hub. Michener offers full-time, part-time and continuing
education programs in health sciences.
The equipment, installed in June by Olympus, represents the
first such donation awarded by the OCA Grants Committee to an
institution in Canada.
"Olympus is excited to work with an organization whose goals
align with our core values such as patient focus, impact and
innovation," said Jovan Reyerson,
Sr. Vice President Strategy, Operations and Centers of
Excellence, Medical & Scientific Affairs, Olympus Corp. of the
Americas. "With access to training and technologies by students,
fellows, residents and career surgeons, the Michener Institute is
helping to make a meaningful and widespread impact on patient
care."
"This is an important contribution to surgical education and
health care delivery at UHN and beyond," says Dr. Allan Okrainec, Medical Director of the Temerty
Advanced Surgical Education & Simulation Centre. "This grant
will allow us to provide advanced training and education across
multiple specialties in an innovative and team-based environment,
which will ultimately improve the quality of patient care both
nationally and globally."
Visit the Olympus grants program page to learn more about the
grants program and what it funds.
About Olympus
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people's
lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical
technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to
provide solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and
minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by
elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of
contributing to society by producing products designed with the
purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the
world. Visit olympusamerica.com for more information.
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