Simulation-based Arthroscopic Surgery Study

University of Oxford

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthroscopy Training

Treatments: Behavioral: Simulation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02777333

MSD-IDREC-C1-2014-152

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether simulation training improves the performance during arthroscopic surgery ('keyhole' surgery into a joint).

Full description

This single blinded randomised controlled study of junior orthopaedic trainees aims to assess whether the addition of simulation training improves arthroscopic technical skills performance of junior orthopaedic trainees during knee arthroscopy in the operating theatre compared to their usual clinical training programme. This will be assessed using objective motion analysis parameters recorded from wireless elbow-mounted motion sensors during surgery.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
• Healthy adults, Male or Female, aged 18 years or above.
• Enrolled in Health Education Thames Valley/Oxford Deanery Training Programme in junior surgical training posts

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
• Previously completed higher surgical training programme

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Simulation training

Experimental group

Description:

Addition of simulation training during usual clinical training as part of a GMC (General Medical Council) recognised Deanery training programme

Treatment:

Behavioral: Simulation training

Non-simulation/Routine training

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual clinical training as part of a GMC (General Medical Council) recognised Deanery training programme