Training Simulator Efficacy in Developing Thoracic and General Surgical Skills in an Academic Residency Program: a Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 36
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Learning curves of time, errors and economy of motion for each training tasks
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to plan an effective learning path in minimally invasive thoracic and general surgery with a virtual training simulator for trainees and to assess the improvement of residents' surgical skills by the introduction of this virtual training program.
详细描述
All thoracic and general surgery trainees at the first and second year of residency will be randomized in two groups: A) trainees undergoing an intensive (twice a week) virtual training program and B) those undergoing a non-intensive virtual training program (once a week).
The virtual training program will be organized in 4 modules, each of 12 weeks and, according to the training simulator instructions, for each surgical skill there are predetermined goals to be achieved by the trainee. Data about duration of surgical maneuvers and type and number of mistakes made by the trainee at each training session will be collected and compared with those of the same trainee at the previous session; this will assess the number of training sessions required to achieve the training simulator predetermined goals. Moreover, the same data will be registered at the beginning and at the end of each courses to compare the two groups of trainees (intensive vs non-intensive program).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 24 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Trainees at the first and second year of residency in thoracic or general surgery
排除标准
- •Fully trained surgeons
- •Persons who are not trainees at year of specialization higher than the second
结局指标
主要结局
Learning curves of time, errors and economy of motion for each training tasks
时间窗: 48 weeks
For each task, the computer automatically measures set parameters. Time, errors and economy of motion will be used in data analysis to create the learning curves for both intensive and non-intensive training group.
次要结局
- Intensive vs non-intensive training group(48 weeks)
研究者
Andrea Selenito Imperatori
Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria