Transfer of Skills From VR-Trainer to Operation Room
- Conditions
- Clinical Competence
- Interventions
- Behavioral: LapSimGyn training until expert proficiency level is reachedBehavioral: Traditional clinical education
- Registration Number
- NCT00311792
- Lead Sponsor
- Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- Brief Summary
The purpose is to determine if skills obtained by training in the laparoscopic virtual reality simulator LapSimGyn can be transferred to a real laparoscopic operation measured as improved score in a technical skills assessment.
- Detailed Description
The purpose is to determine if skills obtained by training in the laparoscopic virtual reality simulator LapSimGyn can be transferred to a real laparoscopic operation measured as improved score in a technical skills assessment. Design: prospective randomized double blinded intervention study.
Subjects:Younger gynaecologists (Postgraduate year 2-8) Half are having conventional training the other half is undergoing virtual reality simulator training before performing their first laparoscopic salpingectomy.
Outcome is measured by blinded video evaluation with criteria. The criteria is defined in the previous validated scoring system Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS)
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
- Gyn/obs trainee 1.-2. year, with no experience from advanced laparoscopy
- Advanced laparoscopic experience
- Previous training in simulator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 LapSimGyn training until expert proficiency level is reached Simulator training 2 Traditional clinical education Traditional Clinical education at operating room
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rating Scale Score 1 day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time used to perform operation 1 day
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Rigshospitalet
🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark