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David B. Clarke, N. Kureshi, Murray Hong, M. Sadeghi, R. D'Arcy
BMC medical education, 2016
BMC medical education, 2016
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Clarke, D. B., Kureshi, N., Hong, M., Sadeghi, M., & D'Arcy, R. (2016). Simulation-based training for burr hole surgery instrument recognition. BMC Medical Education.
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Clarke, David B., N. Kureshi, Murray Hong, M. Sadeghi, and R. D'Arcy. “Simulation-Based Training for Burr Hole Surgery Instrument Recognition.” BMC medical education (2016).
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Clarke, David B., et al. “Simulation-Based Training for Burr Hole Surgery Instrument Recognition.” BMC Medical Education, 2016.
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@article{david2016a,
title = {Simulation-based training for burr hole surgery instrument recognition},
year = {2016},
journal = {BMC medical education},
author = {Clarke, David B. and Kureshi, N. and Hong, Murray and Sadeghi, M. and D'Arcy, R.}
}
Abstract
BackgroundThe use of simulation training in postgraduate medical education is an area of rapidly growing popularity and research. This study was designed to assess the impact of simulation training for instrument knowledge and recognition among neurosurgery residents.MethodsThis was a randomized control trial of first year residents from neurosurgery residency training programs across Canada. Eighteen neurosurgery trainees were recruited to test two simulation-based applications: PeriopSim™ Instrument Trainer and PeriopSim™ for Burr Hole Surgery. The intervention was game-based simulation training for learning neurosurgical instruments and applying this knowledge to identify correct instruments during a simulated burr hole surgery procedure.ResultsParticipants showed significant overall improvement in total score (p < 0.0005), number of errors (p = 0.019) and time saved (p < 0.0005), over three testing sessions when using the PeriopSim™ Instrument Trainer. Participants demonstrated further performance-trained improvements when using PeriopSim™ Burr Hole Surgery.ConclusionsTraining in the recognition and utilization of simulated surgical instruments by neurosurgery residents improved significantly with repetition when using PeriopSim™ Instrument Trainer and PeriopSim™ for Burr Hole Surgery.