Perk Lab receives Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant for Perk Tutor: Ultrasound-guided Needle Placement Training Platform. The objectives of the project is the development, translational trials and public domain dissemination of Perk Tutor, a computer-assisted clinical simulation platform for teaching ultrasound-guided needle placement procedures. We further posited that learning these procedures in a simulated clinical setting with actual imaging and surgical tools and phantom models can prepare trainees toward their encounter with patients.