Novel Surgical Checklists for Gynecologic Laparoscopy in Haiti

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery; Gynecology

Treatments: Procedure: Surgical training

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04059328

181435

Details and patient eligibility

About

The researchers traveled to University Hospital Mirebalais in Haiti and provided a one week long laparoscopic training and simulation course to the 7 OBGYN faculty there. The researchers used novel checklists to help the faculty to set up for laparoscopic cases and care for the equipment needed. The researchers then asked the physicians their opinion of the checklists.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• OBGYN physician in Haiti

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

7 participants in 1 patient group

Physicians in Haiti

Description:

7 OBGYN physicians underwent a laparoscopic training and simulation course and then were proctored as they performed 3 in vivo cases using a check list to help the participants remember all the steps of laparoscopic set-up.

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgical training