Transfer of Skills From VR-Trainer to Operation Room

Rigshospitalet

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Clinical Competence

Treatments: Behavioral: Traditional clinical education; Behavioral: LapSimGyn training until expert proficiency level is reached

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00311792

KF 01283756

959587647

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to determine if skills obtained by training in the laparoscopic virtual reality simulator LapSimGyn can be transferred to a real laparoscopic operation measured as improved score in a technical skills assessment.

Full description

The purpose is to determine if skills obtained by training in the laparoscopic virtual reality simulator LapSimGyn can be transferred to a real laparoscopic operation measured as improved score in a technical skills assessment. Design: prospective randomized double blinded intervention study.

Subjects:Younger gynaecologists (Postgraduate year 2-8) Half are having conventional training the other half is undergoing virtual reality simulator training before performing their first laparoscopic salpingectomy.

Outcome is measured by blinded video evaluation with criteria. The criteria is defined in the previous validated scoring system Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS)

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gyn/obs trainee 1.-2. year, with no experience from advanced laparoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Advanced laparoscopic experience
• Previous training in simulator

Trial design

24 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Simulator training

Treatment:

Behavioral: LapSimGyn training until expert proficiency level is reached

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Traditional Clinical education at operating room

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional clinical education