{"id":449,"date":"2015-05-05T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/orthodev\/mededuc\/simulation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:27:03","slug":"simulation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/mededuc\/simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthopaedic Skills Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h3>The UNC Orthopaedic Skills Lab teaches Musculoskeletal Skills to healthcare professionals, residents, and medical students.<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 23px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.7368%;height: 23px\">This state of the art 700 square foot training facility is available for use by UNC residents, medical students, and healthcare professionals. The lab holds up to 24 learners and can be used for dry and wet simulations. The lab is equipped with orthopedic surgical instruments, dry models, and orthopedic simulators for injections, fracture care, arthroscopy, casting, and other orthopedic surgical techniques.<\/p>\n<h3>Lab Director<\/h3>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\"><div class=\"container-fluid divisions-container \">\n    \n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Weinberg-2022-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Douglas S. Weinberg\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Weinberg-2022-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/weinberg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Douglas S. Weinberg, MD                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <h4>Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery<br \/>\nAdult Spine Surgery<\/h4>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n    \n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        (function($){\n            var entries = $('.entry-content');\n                entries.each(function(index, entry ){\n                    if( $(entry).find('.post-author').length === 0 ) {\n                        $(entry).parents('article.post.entry').css('min-height', '110px');\n                    }\n                });\n        })(jQuery);\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.2632%;height: 23px\"><div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-55\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade 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The lab &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/mededuc\/simulation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Orthopaedic Skills Lab\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68816,"featured_media":0,"parent":168,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-449","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orthopaedic Skills Lab | Department of Orthopaedics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/mededuc\/simulation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orthopaedic Skills Lab | Department of Orthopaedics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UNC Orthopaedic Skills Lab teaches Musculoskeletal Skills to healthcare professionals, residents, and medical students. 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