Training to maintain surgical skills during periods of robotic surgery inactivity.

Autor: Guseila LM; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, USA., Saranathan A, Jenison EL, Gil KM, Elias JJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS [Int J Med Robot] 2014 Jun; Vol. 10 (2), pp. 237-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1562
Abstrakt: Background: The study was performed to establish a level of practice needed for newly-trained residents to maintain robotic surgical skills during periods of robotic inactivity.
Methods: Ten surgical residents were trained to a standardized level of robotic surgery proficiency with inanimate models. At the end of two, four and six weeks, the residents practiced with the models for a total of one hour. Each resident performed a timed tissue closure task immediately after reaching the proficiency standards and twice in succession at eight weeks. Time to completion was compared between the three trials with a repeated measures ANOVA and a post-hoc test.
Results: Average time to complete the tissue closure task decreased by more than 25% over the period between reaching the proficiency standards and the trials at eight weeks, with the difference significant (P < 0.004).
Conclusions: Biweekly practice for one hour was sufficient to maintain robotic surgical skills.
(Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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