The Effect of Caffeine on Laparoscopic Skills Performance in Simulated Settings
Vincent Quan, BSc, Badriya S Alaraimi, MD, Walid Elbakbak, MSc, Amina Bouhelal, MSc, Ana Gavrila, BSc, Bijendra Patel, FRCS. Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London, Academic Department of Upper GI Surgery - Barts and The London NHS Trust. Introduction Coffee is commonly consumed by many surgeons due to its suspected effect on… Continue Reading
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Development of a Virtual Reality Robotic Surgical Curriculum Using the Da Vinci SI Surgical System
Pedro P Gomez, MD, Ross E Willis, PhD, Kent R Van Sickle, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Introduction: Prior literature has shown content and construct validity for the “da Vinci skills simulator” package available in the “da Vinci Si system”. It is unclear which of the many provided virtual reality… Continue Reading
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Reliability of GOALS Scores using Generalizability Theory
E Bilgic, Y Watanabe, MD, L Lee, MD, M C Vassiliou, MD. Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Background: The Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) is an objective assessment tool that had been used to assess performance in the operating room. Its reliability has… Continue Reading
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Starting a minimal invasive surgery program in colorectal cancer at the National Cancer Center Mexico. A Challenging environment for new procedures
Itzel Vela, MD, Angel Herrera, MD, Horacio Lopez Basave, MD, J Manuel Ruiz Molina, md, Javier Melchor, md, Rafael Vazquez, MD, Abelardo Meneses, MD. National Cancer Center Mexico. Introduction: Minimal invasive surgery in colorrectal cancer is a common practice in countries as US, this is still not true in countries as Mexico. In tertiary referral… Continue Reading
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One Size Fits All? the New Surgical Innovation Philosophy
Vivian De Ruijter, Pietro Riva, Natasha Waters, MD, Bernard Dallemagne, MD, Lee Swanstrom, MD, Jacques Marescaux, MD, Silvana Perretta, MD. IRCAD-IHU, University of Strasbourg, France. INTRODUCTION: The growing importance of novel technologies in medical science and healthcare demands tighter collaborations between engineering and medicine. Professionals from both worlds have to master a wide range of… Continue Reading
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ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL STUDENT LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND FUNDAMENTALS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY(tm) TASKS
Erica Sutton, MD, Craig Ziegler, MS, Kevin Martin, BS, Stuart Crawford, BS, Matthew Golden, MD, J. David Richardson, MD. Hiram C. Polk, Jr. MD Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. Introduction: This study evaluates if undergraduate medical trainees’ laparoscopic skills acquisition could be monitored and assessed using a virtual reality… Continue Reading
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The Successful Development and Implementation of a Novel, Acute Care Surgical Simulation Pathway Training Curriculum
Kiyoyuki W Miyasaka, MD, Joseph M Buchholz, BS, Niels D Martin, MD, FACS, Denise LaMarra, MS, Noel N Williams, MB, BCh, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS, Jon B Morris, MD, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, MA, FRCS. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. INTRODUCTION The role of simulation in surgical education is to provide an… Continue Reading
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ADVANCES IN SURGICAL EDUCATION: USING THE iPAD AND iTUNES U TO DELIVER A MOBILE DIGITAL CURRICULUM
Monica T Young, MD, Michael Sgroi, MD, Stephen P Schale, BS, Esther Jun, BA, Julie H Youm, PhD, Warren Wiechmann, MD, MBA, Michael J Stamos, MD, Jill Endres, MD. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California. Objective: The 80-hour workweek has necessitated a shift in surgical training toward better utilization… Continue Reading
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