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B T Heniford1, C L Backus, B D Matthews

  • 1Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program, Carolinas Medical Center, P.O. Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28232, USA. Theniford@carolinas.org

American Journal of Surgery
|May 30, 2001
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Surgeons who received hands-on operating room training (preceptorship) were significantly more likely to perform laparoscopic splenectomy than those who only attended a course. Preceptorship is crucial for adopting advanced laparoscopic techniques.

Area of Science:

  • Surgical Education
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Techniques

Background:

  • Traditional surgical skill acquisition relies on residency training.
  • Minimal access surgery necessitates new training paradigms post-residency.
  • The effectiveness of animate courses versus preceptorship for new skills is unassessed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the efficacy of an animate course versus intraoperative preceptorship in learning laparoscopic splenectomy.
  • To assess the impact of training method on the adoption of laparoscopic splenectomy.

Main Methods:

  • Attending surgeons (n=37 course, n=15 precepted) were surveyed on prior and post-intervention experience.
  • Data collected included prior laparoscopy experience and post-intervention laparoscopic splenectomy procedures.

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  • Statistical analysis used t-tests to compare groups.

    • Main Results:

    • Precepted surgeons performed laparoscopic splenectomy more readily (93% vs 6%; P<0.0001).
    • Precepted surgeons performed more procedures (112 vs 4; P=0.0003).
    • Non-precepted surgeons performed more open splenectomies (95 vs 13; P=0.02).

    Conclusions:

    • Intraoperative preceptorship leads to greater adoption of laparoscopic splenectomy compared to courses alone.
    • Pre-intervention experience did not differ between groups.
    • Precepted experience is essential for surgeons to perform advanced laparoscopic procedures.