A Novel and Precise Evaluation Model for Psychomotor Skills in Endoscopic Surgery
Purpose: Psychomotor skill is absolutely necessary for endoscopic surgeons. We devised tasks and parameters to evaluate psychomotor skills during endoscopic surgery and investigated their validity.Methods: Sixteen novice medical students (N) and ten expert surgeons (E) whohad performed over 50 endoscopic surgeries participated in the study. We evaluated psychomotor skill by asking the participants to move… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
A Novel Basic Lapsim® Curriculum Improves Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Skills Performance in Surgical Interns
Introduction: Laparoscopy is the standard of care for many basic general surgical procedures. Simulators have been developed to train surgical residents in laparoscopy; but there is no standard curriculum that has clearly shown a translational benefit in the operating room. Small studies have shown that Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) skills performance score predicts intraoperative… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Education / Simulation
Advances in Virtual Reality Fls (fundamentals of Laparoscopic Skills)
Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the face and construct validity of VBLaST (Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skills Trainer), a virtual reality simulator version of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS). Methods: 31 subjects were categorized into 2 groups: 14 experts (PGY 5/fellows/faculty) & 17 novices (PGY 1-4). Subjects were randomized to perform 3… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Assessment of Intracorporeal Suturing Skills – a Comparison of Four Tools Using the Fls Task Model
Objective: To compare various previously validated assessment tools for intracorporeal suturing. The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between 4 assessment tools and review the advantages and disadvantages of each of them as a tool for objective assessment. Methods: The study included fifteen senior (PGY3-5) general surgery residents participating in a workshop… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Auditory Stress Versus Mental Loading: The Effects on Laparoscopic Motor Skill Performance
(1) OBJECTIVE External auditory stress and internal mental stress may affect clinical practice. Our aim was to assess the specific impact of dichaotic music versus mental loading on novices performing laparoscopic tasks. (2) METHODS AND PROCEDURES Thirty naïve volunteers were recruited with no hearing or motor handicap. Volunteers were randomized to three simple tasks to… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Can a Nintendo Wii Be Considered Homework and Does It Improve Performance on a Surgical Simulator?
Background: Computer based simulators are increasingly being used to assist trainees in the acquisition and development of surgically relevant psychomotor skills. Work hour restrictions and other educational demands have made achieving adequate practice on these simulators challenging ,and others suggest that experience playing video games translates into improved performance on surgical simulators. We hypothesized that… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Completion of a Novel Virtual Reality-based Advanced Laparoscopic Curriculum Improves Advanced Laparoscopic Skills in Senior Residents
Introduction: Virtual reality simulators have been shown to contribute to basic laparoscopic skill acquisition. More advanced skill development, as measured by the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), has not yet been shown to be improved with these trainers. We have customized novel basic and advanced curriculums for the LapSim® trainer (Surgical Science, Göteborg, Sweden). Successful… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Computer-based Haptic and Nonhaptic Virtual Reality Surgical Simulators: Performance Characteristics and Perceptions of New Users
Background: In order to define the value and perception of importance of haptic features in virtual reality (VR) laparoscopic simulators, we evaluated the initial experience of surgeons using both haptic and nonhaptic simulation devices in the performance of an advanced laparoscopic task.Methods: At the 2008 SAGES meeting, 68 Learning Center attendees were randomized to use… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Concurrent Validity and Skill Decay for the Lap Mentor Laparoscopic Surgical Simulator
Introduction: We hypothesized that the LAP Mentor virtual reality (VR) simulator can improve scores on a video test, which has previously been proven to accurately measure surgical skill, thus establishing concurrent validity. Furthermore, we suspected that a decline in performance would be noted following a three week to one month period without training.Methods and Procedures:… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Dedicated Laparoscopic Skills One Month Rotation for General Surgery Interns
Introduction: Laparoscopic skills acquisition is an important part of residency training. Early training may help with more advanced laparoscopic skills acquisition. Thus, we feel that laparoscopic skills should be taught to first year general surgery residents. This study investigated the hypothesis that a one month dedicated laparoscopic skills rotation would yield appropriate laparoscopic skill levels… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Deficiency of Knowledge in General Surgery Residents on Surgical Stapling Devices: The Role of a Focused Instructional Session
Introduction: There is a paucity of knowledge on the application and usage of common surgical stapling devices by general surgery residents. Our study aimed to elicit the deficiencies that exist in this particular area and assess a short term teaching strategy to determine if a didactic review of stapling devices would improve knowledge and skill… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Development and Implementation of an Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Lab
TITLE: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS LABAUTHORS/INSTITUTION: Christine M. Gresik MD, Vidya Shankaran MD, Piero Marco Fisichella MD, Raymond Joehl MD, Luke P. Brewster MD PHD, Gerard Abood MDLoyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Department of Surgery. Maywood, IL.INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study is to determine whether skills acquired by simulation-based… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Development and Validation of Mental Practice As a Training Strategy for Laparoscopic Surgery
BackgroundConcerns for patient safety have rendered the need for alternative training strategies outside of the operating-theatre. Mental Practice (MP), ‘the cognitive rehearsal of a task prior to performance,’ has been successful in sport and aviation to enhance imagery and thus skill. This study aims to develop and validate a MP training strategy for laparoscopic surgery.MethodA… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Development of a New Computer Aided Diagnosis System to Detect Lymph Nodes in the Abdomen: Further Utility for Sentinel-node Navigated Laparoscopic Surgery in Gastrointestinal Cancers and Its Education.
Introduction: Preoperative imaging is highly useful to make a planning of operation and preoperative simulation. Recently, sentinel-node navigated surgery has been advocated in gastrectomy for gastric cancer to minimize surgical stress without curability. Little has been reported about computer aided diagnosis system (CADS) to detect lymph nodes (LNs). We herein introduce our new CADS. Methods:… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System in Japan: Four Years of Experience in the Digestive Field
To reduce the complications of endoscopic surgery, The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) established a committee for the Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System (ESSQS) in 2001. The committee decided that qualified surgeons should have sufficient competence to act as mentors for endoscopic surgery. Here we report the methods and results obtained with ESSQS over… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation