Conquer Experience

Conquer Experience makes PeriopSim, a virtual-reality platform for surgical simulation and skills assessment. The software lets operating-room staff and students rehearse procedures on demand, on a range of devices, and scores their performance before they assist on a real patient.

Services

• PeriopSim VR simulation: immersive, self-paced practice of surgical procedures for perioperative teams.
• Quantifiable assessment: automatic grading that shows how ready a learner is for the operating room.
• Curriculum tools: simulations and assessments that educators can build into nursing and surgical technology courses.
• Team readiness training: flexible tools aimed at teamwork and communication among operating-room staff.

Customers and markets

• Hospital training directors, educators and surgeons preparing their teams.
• Perioperative nurses and surgical technologists practising unfamiliar procedures.
• Surgical technology programmes and their instructors.
• Nursing schools helping students judge whether surgery is the right speciality.

Key facts

• Product: PeriopSim
• Research: a study with Dalhousie University and the NS Health Authority
• Platform: device-agnostic virtual reality