· Validation - Any surgical simulator must be rigorously validated before implementation into medical programs - Version 1.0 of the UW Virtual TURP Simulator has achieved key steps in validation as established by board-certified professional urologists and has begun to address construct and concurrent validity*
	* Formal Results are Expressed in: R. Sweet^1,2,T. Kowalewski^2, P. Oppenheimer^2, J. Berkley^2, J. Porter^1, S. Weghorst^2. “Validation of the UW Virtual TURP Simulator” Conference Presentation, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, 2003. Univ. of Washington 1 Department of Urology, 2 Human Interface Technology Laboratory