Structured Simulation-Based Training to Develop Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Skills in Thoracic Surgery and Rotating Surgical Residents: A Component-Based Educational Model
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 19
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Total OSATS Score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to improve basic laparoscopic and thoracoscopic skills in thoracic surgery residents and rotating surgical residents through a structured simulation-based training program. Participants will complete hands-on practice sessions using box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues in a controlled, non-patient setting.
Before and after the training, participants will complete self-assessment surveys and a standardized technical skills evaluation (OSATS). The study will compare these results to measure changes in technical performance, confidence, and learning needs. No real patients, live animals, or clinical procedures are involved, and there are no expected medical risks.
The goal of this study is to determine whether structured simulation training is effective, practical, and acceptable for surgical education, and whether it can support safer transition to real operating room experience in the future.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Thoracic surgery residents OR rotating general surgery/cardiovascular surgery residents
- •Age ≥18 years
- •Actively enrolled in an accredited residency training program
- •Willingness to participate in hands-on simulation training
- •Ability to provide informed consent
- •Able to complete video-recorded performance assessments
Exclusion Criteria
- •Prior advanced laparoscopic or thoracoscopic fellowship training
- •Inability to safely handle surgical instruments (e.g., significant musculoskeletal limitation)
- •Previous participation in a similar structured simulation program within the past 12 months
- •Declines consent or withdraws participation
- •Unable to attend required training and assessment sessions
Arms & Interventions
Structured Simulation Training
Participants will undergo a standardized simulation-based training program designed to develop laparoscopic and thoracoscopic technical skills. Training includes camera navigation, tissue dissection, stapling, and suturing tasks performed on box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues in a controlled laboratory setting. All participants complete baseline (pre-training) and post-training evaluations using OSATS scoring, self-assessment surveys, and performance timing. No clinical procedures, live animals, or patient interactions occur during the study.
Intervention: Structured Simulation-Based Surgical Training (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Total OSATS Score
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-training) and immediately after completion of the training program (within 1 week)
Technical skill performance will be assessed using the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS), consisting of a global rating scale and task-specific checklist (total score range 0-35). Each participant will complete the same standardized tasks before and after the simulation training. The primary outcome is the within-subject change (post-training minus pre-training) in total OSATS score.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Caner İşevi, MD
Principal Investigator
Ondokuz Mayıs University