Feasibility study into Dundee surgical skills research and teaching facility completed
![Feasibility study into Dundee surgical skills research and teaching facility completed](https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/uploads/image%2B2.jpg)
Wellwood Leslie Architects has completed a feasibility study in conjunction with the University of Dundee School of Medicine to investigate the opportunity for a specialist surgical skills research and teaching facility to be constructed at Dundee Medi-Park.
Building on the practice’s experience gained in working with Professor Sue Black at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHiD), the facility has been designed to provide a secure facility making use of Thiel Method soft-fix cadavers to provide realistic simulation of surgical operations for graduate and post-graduate surgeons.
The facility is intended to facilitate NHS policy to improve patient safety by providing the highest standard of training facility within a simulated hospital setting.
The building design centres around a flexible teaching suite which can be used to create a single teaching space or a series of simulated operating theatres. To the north is a modern body handling facility to receive and store the thiel cadavers. To the south is a reception, teaching and administrative spaces for visiting staff and students.