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  • Surgical simulation
  • Psychomotor skills assessment

Background:

  • Innate gender differences in simulation trainer performance may affect psychomotor skill assessment.
  • Laparoscopic surgical training relies on simulation for skill development and evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of fourth-year medical students with no prior Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer experience based on gender.
  • To identify if gender is an independent predictor of performance on surgical simulation trainers.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 16 male and 16 female fourth-year medical students with no prior simulation experience participated.
  • Performance metrics on the Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer were analyzed.
  • Multivariate models adjusted for medical specialty, video game use, and operating room experience.

Main Results:

  • Female sex was an independent factor for worse performance (P=.04) after adjusting for confounders.
  • Women took significantly longer to complete tasks (P<.01).
  • Female students made more errors during simulation tasks (P<.01).

Conclusions:

  • Female medical students demonstrate lower performance than male students on laparoscopic trainers without prior exposure.
  • Training programs must recognize and account for these gender-related performance disparities during simulation-based assessment.
  • Further research may explore the underlying causes of these observed differences in psychomotor skills.