Open AccessImpact of simulation training on performance and outcomes of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration performed by trainees in a tertiary academic hospital
Author(s) -
Alvin Shao Qiang Ong,
Aik Hau Tan,
Devanand Anantham,
Kiran Sharma,
Tan Sb,
Thérèse S. Lapperre,
Kah Yee Tham,
Rehena Sultana,
Mariko Siyue Koh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.76
Subject(s) - medicine , endobronchial ultrasound , radiology , lung cancer , sampling (signal processing) , simulation training , medical physics , bronchoscopy , filter (signal processing) , computer science , engineering , computer vision , simulation
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has a high diagnostic yield and low complication rate. Whilst it has been included in international guidelines for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, current results are mostly based on EBUS experts performing EBUS-TBNA in centres of excellence. The impact of simulation training on diagnostic yield, complications, scope damage and repair cost in a real-world teaching hospital is unclear.