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eoSurgical supports Atlantic Body and Soul
by Mark Hughes
Surgery demands commitment, training, determination, and the ability to overcome challenges. These demands are in common with some of those requ...
eoSurgical interactions with key UK surgery stakeholders
by Mark Hughes
eoSurgical was developed by UK based surgical trainees, all three of whom now work as consultant surgeons across the UK in the NHS. Our overarchin...
How do we optimise take-home surgical simulation during training?
by Mark Hughes
It is one thing to have the surgical simulation tools available - but quite another to ensure their continued use. eoSurgical simulators have be...
How will surgeons operate in the metaverse?
by Mark Hughes
The metaverse describes a graphically rich virtual space where humans can interact. The idea is not new but its manifestation is contingent upon...
Half of surgeons are below average
by Mark Hughes
It is unnerving as a surgeon to recognise that half the surgical workforce is, statistically speaking, below average. No surgeon would like to t...
eoSurgical - 10 years of improving surgical skills!
by Mark Hughes
eoSurgical has now been in operation for ten years. Time has flown by since our first webcam-in-a-shoebox iteration. This first product was offe...
Front page news – the evidence base grows
by Mark Hughes
eoSurgical is driven by innovation underpinned by evidence. We have a track record in publishing and presenting evidence highlighting the effica...
Surgical fulfilment, fatigue, and expectations
by Mark Hughes
Alain de Botton, philosopher and author, suggests:
“A firm belief in the necessary misery of life was for centuries one of mankind’s most import...
The long covid hangover looming for surgical training
by Mark Hughes
In the UK, and probably worldwide, surgeons are not being trained as they were pre-pandemic. The cancellation and resultant backlog of elective ...
Surgeons, empathy, and Shakespeare
by Mark Hughes
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Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
King Lear Act III scene iii
Surgeons, amongst doctors in general, sometimes distance themselves f...
Sustainability, surgery, and eoSurgical
by Mark Hughes
The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) took place just 50 miles west of eoSurgical HQ in Edinburgh. Acting to avert the impending climat...
The power of gratitude in surgery
by Mark Hughes
Being a surgeon can be deeply rewarding. That reward is intimately connected with patient outcome: an operation completed without complication, ...