Implementation of a haptic simulation environment for surgical learning systems

The acquisition of manual and visual skills for a surgery student is related with their practical experience. An alternative to traditional methods of surgical learning is the use of virtual reality simulators. However, there is not a standard to guarantee proper learning with virtual reality simulators. In order to solve this, we have designed a framework that facilitates developing this type of surgery simulators. The present work summarizes the design of the framework and delves into implementation details gathered through the application of SCRUM agile methodology. Among this details this research is specially focused in how to model the information obtained while using the simulator, that allow assessing students performance.