Procedure-to-procedure Transfer Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery
• Interventions: Other: Practice a procedural module on a simulator

• Registration Number: NCT02069951
• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Brief Summary

Surgical training programs using virtual reality simulators often only use basic skills training and the use of procedural training is very limited. Procedural training differs from basic skills training by requiring integration of isolated skills and decision making and planning components. However, it is unknown if it is necessary to practice all procedures before operating on actual patients or whether it is simply a matter of learning psychomotor skills and if these skills are transferable between different tasks.

The main hypothesis is that practicing a laparoscopic procedure on a simulator makes it easier to reach proficiency on a different laparoscopic procedure on the simulator because participants have already practiced the integration of isolated skills.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted: 2014-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2014-02-24
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-09
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

• Medical students enrolled at The Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen.
• Obtained the bachelor degree in medicine.
• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous participation in trials involving laparoscopic training.
• Experience with laparoscopy surgery (having performed minimum one laparoscopic procedure as primary surgeon, including supervised procedures).
• No informed consent.
• Does not speak Danish on a conversational level.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Practice two procedures on a simulator	Practice a procedural module on a simulator	All participants start by practicing a series of six basic skills modules until they reach a predefined proficiency level for each module. For all of the basic skills exercises proficiency is reached when the participants have passed the proficiency level for all exercises. Participants randomised to the intervention group will practice two procedures on a simulator. First a procedural module A (a laparoscopic appendectomy) to a predefined proficiency level. Upon reaching proficiency for procedural module A the participants will practice procedural module B (a laparoscopic salpingectomy) to a predefined proficiency level.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of repetitions needed to reach a predefined proficiency level for a procedural module on a simulator	Up to 26 weeks	The number of repetitions needed to reach a predefined proficiency level for a procedural module (a laparoscopic salpingectomy) on the simulator.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The effective training time on the simulator (minutes) needed to reach the predefined proficiency level for a procedural module.	Up to 26 weeks	The effective training time on the simulator (minutes) needed to reach a predefined proficiency level for a procedural module (a laparoscopic salpingectomy) on the simulator.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rigshospitalet; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark