Documenting a Learning Curve and Test-retest Reliability of a Virtual Reality Training Simulator in Laparoscopic Surgery
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 29
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Establish learning curve for each of seven tasks on the simulator.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine the learning curve for each of seven tasks in a virtual reality laparoscopic simulator by medical students.
详细描述
Developing objective methodology for assessing technical skill is paramount to superior surgical training. Alternatives to the traditional apprenticeship model of surgical training are necessary in today's emphasis on cost containment and professional competency.
Metrics are widely employed in virtual environments and provide a yardstick for performance measurement. The current method of defining metrics for medical simulation remains more an art than a science. Many studies have demonstrated that trainees who practice laparoscopic skills in a simulated environment will improve their mastery of those skills when tested in that same environment. Fewer studies have been able to document the learning curve for mastery of tasks in a virtual reality simulator. This study will investigate the learning curve for tasks in a virtual reality laparoscopic simulator.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Medical students, years 1 through 4 are eligible.
- •No prior clinical experience with laparoscopic surgery as the assistant surgeon.
- •No prior simulation training (mechanical, PC-based or otherwise).
排除标准
- •Persons who are not medical students.
- •Medical students with prior clinical experience with laparoscopic surgery as the assistant surgeon.
- •Medical students with prior simulation training (mechanical, PC-based or otherwise).
研究组 & 干预措施
1
Completing simulator training sessions
干预措施: LapSim training (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Establish learning curve for each of seven tasks on the simulator.
时间窗: 6 months
For each of the module seven modules, the computer automatically measures set parameters. Each measured parameter that is recorded in the simulator will be used in data analysis.
次要结局
- Establish test-retest reliability for each of seven tasks on the simulator.(6 months)
研究者
Dennis Fowler
Gerald and Janet Carrus Professor of Clinical Surgical Science (In Surgery)
Columbia University