Bronch Mentor

Bronchoscopy Training Simulation

The BRONCH Mentor provides a comprehensive solution for the flexible bronchoscopy training needs of pulmonary and critical care physicians, anaesthesiologists, and interventional pulmonologists.

Basic skill tasks and complete clinical procedures are combined to provide an optimal learning environment for motor, cognitive and coordinative skills acquisition on one hand, and diagnostic and therapeutic clinical hands-on experience on the other hand.

Training on the BRONCH Mentor you will enjoy a flexible, all inclusive, and highly reactive training environment.

The widely recognized gold-standard simulator for flexible bronchoscopy training and assessment.

The most realistic and comprehensive bronchoscopic simulation, offering full procedures in an unrestricted clinical environment, complete patient management and moderate sedation of dynamic, reactive, diverse virtual patients
Complete didactic environment enhancing the learning curve including skill targeted tasks, procedural tasks, educational aids and performance feedback
Extensively utilized by multiple professional societies: ERS, CHEST and AABIP
Exclusive: CHEST standardized curriculum for essential bronchoscopy skills and diagnostic bronchoscopy

Benefits

The BRONCH Mentor™ flexible configuration supports real life options such as:

posterior and lateral working positions
oral or nasal scope introduction
various classification methods for bronchial segments
team or solo practice

A variety of virtual patient cases exhibiting realistic all-inclusive patient behaviour enable training and assessment of patient management during elective, ICU and emergency situations.

Using the BRONCH Mentor, the trainee is provided with a training opportunity covering the full extent of the bronchoscopic procedure, while allowing for gradual and controlled simultaneity thus optimizing the individual learning curve.

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A Virtual Demo

Experience the full capability of your simulation unit with a virtual demo. The unit manufacturers, Surgical Science, will host your virtual demo whilst our team organise everything for you including scheduling, reminders, and follow-up aftercare.

Modules

Bronch Mentor simulator offers three primary modules:

Bronch Express

Developed in collaboration with CHEST, this portable, quickly setup platform is suitable for traveling, workshops, or demonstrations. An affordable high-fidelity trainer for bronchoscopy, including fundamental skills, diagnostic procedures and EBUS-TBNA.

Research

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Ajab, S., Kastelik, J., & Loubani, M. (2023). Experience of an advanced multidisciplinary simulation course and literature review: bronchoscopy and beyond. Metric Journal.

Nelson, D., Adamson, R., McConnell, M., & Voduc, N. (2019). Validity Evidence for Use of the Ontario Bronchoscopy Assessment Tools (OBAT) in a Simulated Setting. In A33. ADVANCES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (pp. A1357-A1357). American Thoracic Society.

Boyanov, N., Georgiou, K., Thanasas, D., Deneva, T., Oussi, N., Marinov, B., & Enochsson, L. (2021). Use of saliva stress biomarkers to estimate novice male endoscopist’s stress during training in a high-end simulator. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 56(11), 1380-1385.

Nakazato, T., Callahan, Z., Kuchta, K., Linn, J. G., Joehl, R. J., & Ujiki, M. B. (2019). A 1-day simulation-based boot camp for incoming general surgery residents improves confidence and technical skills. Surgery, 166(4), 572-579.

Cold, K. M., Konge, L., Clementsen, P. F., & Nayahangan, L. J. (2019). Simulation-based mastery learning of flexible bronchoscopy: deciding factors for completion. Respiration, 97(2), 160-167.

Aftercare and Support

At Phantasim, we offer an aftercare package to ensure our friendly support team can offer assistance should you incur an issue with your simulator or modules. Phantasim are based in Western Australia, however your aftercare package allows us to remotely access your simulator via satellite and resolve any issues remotely. Should your simulator require hands-on assessment, our support team will visit your facility anywhere within Australia or New Zealand to appraise your simulator and provide a solution.

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and New Zealand

Whether you’re in Australia or New Zealand, our team at Phantasim are your surgical simulation partners. Our dedicated team handle distribution, maintenance, and ongoing aftercare for simulation units and modules.

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VirtaMed

Phantasim are proudly partnered with VirtaMed.

Premium Aftercare
And Support

Our aftercare team at Phantasim are just a phone call away. Once you’ve received your simulator, we will visit your facility for installation and analysis as well as provide ongoing aftercare and support.

Aftercare
Remote Accessibility

Each simulator has remote access capabilities, allowing our team to assess any issues or irregular activities from any location. Alternatively, our support team can visit your facility as part of your aftercare package.

Barry T. Katzen, M.D., FACR, FACC, FSIR

Director

Cardiovascular Center and department of Internal Medicine, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt Germany

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We have been very interested in improving patient care through learning and essentially rehearsing the procedures before we treat the patients.

Using advanced simulation techniques similar to what pilots use, we are able to take patient specific information and rehearse the procedure before we actually perform the real procedure.

Horst Sievert MD PhD

Director

Cardiovascular Center and department of Internal Medicine, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt Germany

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Simulators will have a place in the future to plan a procedure.

They are not only for training. They allow us to look at the anatomy and try devices before we actually start the procedure.

Prof. Michael Glikson

Director of Electrophysiology and Pacing

Sheba Medical Center, Israel

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I remember my days as a new intern….the first cases I performed were very difficult and it was a scary experience, since it takes between 10-20 procedures until you really feel that you are proficient.

With today’s technological advances we have the ability to train doctors on full procedures using medical simulators as advanced as the Simbionix ANGIO Mentor, prior to having them perform on live patients. By providing this opportunity, the learning curve is significantly shortened and trainees gain confidence before they approach their first cases.

Dr Thomas Bossmar, MD, PhD

Consultant at the Women's Clinic and Practicum

SuS in Lund

“

I want to emphatically state that simulated laparoscopic training with LapSim should be a cornerstone of surgeon training and absolutely contributes to patient safety.

In the last 25 years, I have organized about 50 courses in practical surgery for residents and specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the courses involving laparoscopy, LapSim has been used to a significant extent for training and evaluation. With the extensive scientific documentation available, and based on my many years of experience with LapSim, I want to emphatically state that simulated laparoscopic training with LapSim should be a cornerstone of surgeon training and absolutely contributes to patient safety.