Open AccessEfficacy of goal-directed minimally invasive surgery simulation training with the LÜbeck Toolbox-Curriculum prior to first operations on patients: Study protocol for a multi-centre randomized controlled validation trial (NOVICE)
Author(s) -
Michael Thomaschewski,
Tilman Laubert,
Markus Zimmermann,
Hamed Esnaashari,
Reinhard Vonthein,
Tobias Keck,
Claudia Benecke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of surgery protocols
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.291
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2468-3574
DOI - 10.1016/j.isjp.2020.02.004
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , protocol (science) , toolbox , curriculum , medicine , physical therapy , invasive surgery , medical physics , surgery , computer science , medical education , psychology , alternative medicine , pedagogy , pathology , programming language
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures require special psychomotoric skills. Learning of these MIS basic skills is often performed in the operating room (OR). This is economically inefficient and could be improved in terms of patient safety. Against the background of this problem, various MIS simulators have been developed to train MIS basic skills outside the OR. Aim of this study is to evaluate to what extent MIS training programs and simulators improve the residents' skills in performing their first MIS procedures on patients.