The new facility will offer:
• State-of-the-art laboratory facilities that will house up to 16 hands-on stations to provide training simulations using the latest equipment and technologies in endoscopy; built-in flexibility to accommodate equipment and models for hands-on training and simulation in other specialties
• Advanced training models and simulators
• A 100-seat auditorium with an audience-response system
• In-house real-time DVD recording of courses and rapid duplication capabilities
• Additional conference space and breakout rooms
• The capability to broadcast and receive live transmissions anywhere in the world, including endoscopic instruction and demonstration of techniques as well as didactic lectures on research and educational findings
• The potential to provide real-time or recorded access online to IT&T hands-on and didactic courses via video streaming technology
• The ability for domestic and international faculty to participate in courses on site or via satellite to teach cutting-edge techniques live to anyone, anywhere in the world
• A resource for international members to extend training while in the U.S. attending Digestive Disease Week® or other meetings, allowing them to learn and practice techniques that are not standard in their regions of the world
