Comparison of Dry-lab Laparoscopic Training and Robotic Virtual Simulator

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Device: da Vinci Simulator; Device: Laparascopic training box

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04989881

University of Geneva

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of dry-lab laparoscopic training and robotic simulator training among medical students without any prior laparoscopic experience.

Full description

This study will be a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Swiss Foundation For Innovation And Training In Surgery (SFITS), which is part of the Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland. Recruitment of a sample of 100 medical students with no prior experience in laparoscopic surgery will be performed. The participants will be randomized in 2 groups (50 participants in each group). The study group will undergo a single session of training using a standard, dry-lab laparoscopic box. The control group will undergo a single session of training using the da Vinci Skills Simulator. Post-training surgical skills for both groups will be measured using exercises from the FLS manual skills assessment. The overall performance on the FLS test will be compared between the two groups .

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical student at the University of Geneva

Exclusion criteria

• Previous laparoscopic experience
• Stereoblindness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Da Vinci Simulator

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will undergo a single session of training using the da Vinci Simulator

Treatment:

Device: da Vinci Simulator

Laparascopic training box

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will undergo a single session of training using a laparoscopic training box

Treatment:

Device: Laparascopic training box