The Surgery Sim Lab is part of the Utah Center for Innovation and Simulation in Education (U-CISE), an American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institute (ACS-AEI). This accreditation places U-CISE in the company of 80 other surgical simulation centers in the United States, and denotes excellence in the development, delivery, and evaluation of surgical education programs. Many of the tools used by residents at U-CISE were developed in the center to make teaching more cost effective – while improving training opportunities.

Ruth Braga, RM, MSN, nurse educator in the Department of Surgery developed and built suturing practice blocks for a fraction of the cost of those available commercially.