Skills Centre

The Skills Centre:

A simulation-based training facility focused on developing, supporting, and assessing surgical competencies for multidisciplinary healthcare providers. Medical professionals can acquire new skills, practice and perfect their surgical dexterity, and experience realistic simulations to improve communication skills and team functioning in a safe environment. This facility is well equipped with instruments and equipment for a multitude of procedures and uses clinical grade cadavers or task trainers to meet specific healthcare provider learning objectives.
The Skills Centre makes a significant contribution to training and examination experiences—with standard best-practices and emerging technological and surgical practice alike—leading to improved patient care and safety.

Location:

Room B04 (Basement), Bethune Building, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9
Phone: (902) 473-1963

Hours:

Monday - Friday | 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
*Drop-Ins: Accommodated when possible. Please contact us to check availability.
*After Hours: Self directed ‘dry’ practice available upon request.

Capacity:

Lab - 25 persons
Classroom - 20 persons *Please note ‘classroom only’ bookings can only be requested up to two weeks in advance

Notable Equipment:

- Skytron Surgical Table x 6
- Stryker Laparoscopic Tower x 3
- Olympus Endoscopic / Laparoscopic Tower x 3
- Stryker Arthroscopic Tower x 2
- Stryker Trident / Accolade Hip System x 2
- Stryker Triathlon Primary Total Knee System x 2
- Philips C-Arm & Monitor x 2 (Lead Aprons various sizes x 28). *Please note you must arrange/pay for an X-ray technician to have access to the C-Arm
- Bronchoscopes / Gastroscopes / Rhinoscopes (various)
- Force Triads - Monopolar, Bipolar x 3, LigaSure x 2
- Harmonic Units x 2
- Philips Sparq Ultrasound x 3
- Butterfly Portable Ultrasound with iPad Mini Monitor
- Karl Storz C-MAC Video Laryngoscope 8404 ZX with S Imager
- Karl Storz C-MAC Video Laryngoscope 8403 ZX with S Imager x 2
- Ambu aView (bronchoscopes)
- GlideScope CORE Monitor with Titanium and Spectrum Blades
- Phacoemulsification System x 3
- Microscopes & Monitors x 5
- Colposcope x 2
- Steris Washer/Disinfector