A surgical training system comprising: a virtual environment including a virtual model of a surgical site; a trainer's haptic device for controlling a surgical tool in the virtual environment; a trainee's haptic device for controlling the surgical tool in the virtual environment, wherein the trainee's haptic device applies force feedback in dependence on signals received from the trainer's haptic device; and a controller for scaling the force feedback applied by the trainee's haptic device in dependence on a specified scaling value.