Tom Englund, the CEO of Sweden-based surgical simulation company Surgical Science, compares operating on a human body to flying a plane: You want the person in charge to have practiced the procedure many times so that there’s no learning on the job. That’s one of the benefits, he said in an interview, of Surgical Science’s products. The medical simulation technology and software allow doctors and medical providers to train as many times as needed in a specific technique, rather than have their lesson cut short by a cadaver’s limited window of utility. “You can only use a body like three times, and there’s a big cost associated. You have to keep it in the cooling room,” Englund told Morning Brew. “Many of the skills need repetitive usage, so you would want the student to practice over and over again.” And it’s not just about how many times a cadaver can be operated on—there’s also a growing training gap in healthcare today. Technology is advancing faster than training is for new techniques, and Englund said Surgical Science aims to “bridge this gap.” Featuring a (literal) hands-on experience.—TC | 
