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Effectiveness of Simulation‐Based Training in Aneurysm Diagnosis & Coiling in Cerebral Angiography
Author(s) -
Zaika Oleksiy,
Nguyen Ngan,
Boulton Mel,
Eagleson Roy,
Ribaupierre Sandrine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.691.14
Subject(s) - neurosurgery , medicine , radiology , angiography , cerebral angiography , safer , medical physics , aneurysm , computer science , computer security
Medical specialties are starting to turn to new technologies, such as computer simulation, in order to complement traditional teaching methods. Simulation of anatomically complex procedures, such as angiography, is becoming more practical, however, computer‐based modules require extensive research to assess their effectiveness. There is increasing support in the literature for simulation‐based training in medicine; we are exploring a novel method for alternating simulation scenarios for cerebral angiography. Eight residents (4 radiology/4 neurosurgery) and 8 anatomy graduate students were trained on the Simbionix™ angiography simulator in order to assess skill acquisition. Participants had 8 test sessions to diagnose a cerebral aneurysm with either consistent or alternating practice cases. Subjects then would have 6 sessions to treat the aneurysms by filling them with coils. We hypothesize that the participants will benefit from both training types, but when encountering a new scenario would benefit of alternating training more, and would ultimately decrease procedure time, x‐ray time, contrast used and spatial errors. Preliminary results show a trend towards speedup, consistent with our hypothesis. These findings would have a strong impact on the implementation of novel training protocols in medicine, specifically in angiography, leading to safer, individualized learning modules.