Haptic Devices Impact on Laparoscopic Simulators

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medical Education

Treatments: Other: Haptic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05191589

CAMES

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study investigates the impact haptic devices have on reaching proficiency on a laparoscopic simulator as well as investigation if there is a difference in retention of the acquired skills.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be a junior doctor working in a surgical department

Exclusion criteria

• Having performed any laparoscopic surgeries as primary surgeon
• Lack of Basic Danish on a conversational basis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

In the intervention group trainees will train in an already validated laparoscopic training program with haptic devices.

Treatment:

Other: Haptic

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

In the control group trainees will complete the same validated training program in the conventional non-haptic setting.