Exploring the Intervals in Distributed Laparoscopic Skills Training (DPiLS)

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skills Acquisition; Laparoscopy; Simulation

Treatments: Other: Short distributed training (1-2 days)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05834504

DPiLS trial

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this trial is to investigate if short intervals (1-2 days) between training sessions are more efficient than practicing with longer intervals (6-8 days) between sessions during proficiency-based laparoscopic simulator training. Our hypothesis is that just 1-2 days of break between sessions is optimal for the acquisition of laparoscopic skills and that a shorter interval between sessions is optimal for training.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Master's degree medical students, enrolled at a Danish University.

Exclusion criteria

• Medical students that have participated in prior studies or similar involving laparoscopic training.
• Performing laparoscopy surgery between the intervention and the retention test 3-5 weeks after.
• No informed consent.
• Does not speak Danish on a conversational level.
• Any disability or injury regarding eyesight and mobility.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will practice four basic skills and one procedural module on the Laparoscopic "Lapsim" Virtual Reality Simulator. They will practice with 6-8 days of break in between training sessions until proficiency level is achieved.

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will practice four basic skills and one procedural module on the Laparoscopic "Lapsim" Virtual Reality Simulator. They will practice with 1-2 days of break in between training sessions until proficiency level is achieved.

Treatment:

Other: Short distributed training (1-2 days)