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Feasibility Study for a Scottish Medical Visualisation Network - Final Report

At the time the Feasibility Study was proposed, various reports and studies at national level revealed a gap in the knowledge base that pointed to the need for increased research activities in the field of medical visualisation for research, training and educational purposes. The formation of the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network, numbering over 160 members, with representation from all of Scotland, 44 different organisations and 22 medical disciplines. This Network includes the five medical teaching hospitals in Scotland, the NHS and the active participation of HMI of Anatomy for Scotland, Bertie Wood, the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. The publication of 8 papers on the case studies given at international conferences and an invited keynote of RCPSG MacEwan Lecture at the Int. Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons. Creation of a dedicated website as a vehicle for dissemination through public and members areas. Recognition of significance by TV, radio and Press across the UK and internationally through articles and TV news presentations and online. The high level of expectation and aspiration created by the Network has fused as a single voice in support of results that clearly demonstrate a step change in the way that surgical procedures can be conducted and taught. Since the end of the Feasibilty Study, funding has been secured from the Royal College of Surgeons, NES, Raigmore Hospital (Inverness), Ayr Hospital to conduct new case studies. The work and vision of the Network and its expansion to include additional disciplines was presented to the First Minister of Scotland and the Chief Medical Officer. The Medical Visualisation Advisory Committee presented the future strategy focusing on the development of the first definitive dataset for the 3D, interactive digital human for anatomical education, training and simulation.