Spatial Learning Clinical Trial
Official title:
An Efficient Single-Session Spatial Skill Trainer for Robot-assisted Surgery: A Randomized Trial
Surgical residents from a single tertiary medical center were divided into 2 groups. All residents performed 2 tasks on a Da Vinci robotic simulator system after which they were either given a real training session in spatial skills (study group) or shown a short presentation regarding robotic surgery. After training/watching the presentation, they repeated the for mentioned tasks on the robotic simulator. Improvement in surgeon performance, especially regarding tissue damage was documented.
Importance: Robot-assisted surgery is becoming the mainstay of modern surgery. Efficient
training techniques are essential for enhanced performance. Optimal performance during a
surgical task is key to successful surgery and minimal adverse events.
Objective: To introduce and examine a single session of spatial skill training as an
efficient means of improving surgical suturing performance in robot-assisted surgery.
Design: Forty-one surgical residents will be randomly assigned to training and control
conditions. (1) participants will perform two da-Vinci skills simulator (dVSS) tasks to
determine baseline performance. (2) the training group will undergo computer-based simulator
training of spatial skills while the control group will engage in a neutral activity. (3) two
dVSS tasks will be performed within 2 days of training completion to evaluate post-training
performance. The experiment will be conducted until December 2018.
Participants: A convenience sample comprised of 41 surgical residents with non-robotic
surgical suturing skills.
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| Not yet recruiting |
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