An Efficient Single-Session Spatial Skill Trainer for Robot-assisted Surgery: A Randomized Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Tissue piercing
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Surgical residents from a single tertiary medical center were divided into 2 groups. All residents performed 2 tasks on a Da Vinci robotic simulator system after which they were either given a real training session in spatial skills (study group) or shown a short presentation regarding robotic surgery. After training/watching the presentation, they repeated the for mentioned tasks on the robotic simulator. Improvement in surgeon performance, especially regarding tissue damage was documented.
Detailed Description
Importance: Robot-assisted surgery is becoming the mainstay of modern surgery. Efficient training techniques are essential for enhanced performance. Optimal performance during a surgical task is key to successful surgery and minimal adverse events.
Objective
To introduce and examine a single session of spatial skill training as an efficient means of improving surgical suturing performance in robot-assisted surgery.
Design: Forty-one surgical residents will be randomly assigned to training and control conditions. (1) participants will perform two da-Vinci skills simulator (dVSS) tasks to determine baseline performance. (2) the training group will undergo computer-based simulator training of spatial skills while the control group will engage in a neutral activity. (3) two dVSS tasks will be performed within 2 days of training completion to evaluate post-training performance. The experiment will be conducted until December 2018.
Participants: A convenience sample comprised of 41 surgical residents with non-robotic surgical suturing skills.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 25 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Surgical Residents with no previous robotic surgery experience.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non surgical residents.
Arms & Interventions
Study group
Surgical residents undergoing spatial skill training.
Intervention: Computerized spatial skill training (Other)
Control group
Surgical residents not undergoing spatial skill training.
Intervention: Watching a presentation regarding robotic surgery (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Tissue piercing
Time Frame: up to 2 hours from enrollment
Number of times tissue was pierced during suturing
Tissue tearing
Time Frame: up to 2 hours from enrollment
Number of times tissue was teared during suturing
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
ROY LAUTERBACH MD
Principal Investigator
Rambam Health Care Campus