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Mubashir Mulla1, Davendra Sharma, Masood Moghul

  • 1King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom. mubashirmulla@nhs.net

Journal of Surgical Education
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Box training with extra practice enhanced laparoscopic skills most effectively. Virtual reality simulators offer reliable assessment, but skills learned on them do not fully transfer to box trainers. Mental training alone is insufficient.

Area of Science:

  • Surgical Education
  • Medical Simulation
  • Laparoscopic Skills Training

Background:

  • Laparoscopic surgery requires specialized skills.
  • Effective training methods are crucial for surgical proficiency.
  • Comparing box trainers, virtual reality simulators, and mental training is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of box trainer (BT), virtual reality simulator (VRS), and mental training (MT) for learning basic laparoscopic skills.
  • To identify the most effective method for acquiring laparoscopic skills.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial involving 41 medical students.
  • Five groups were formed: control, box trained, enhanced box trained, VRS trained, and mental trained.
  • Skills were assessed on both BT and VRS using time, precision, accuracy, and performance metrics.

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Main Results:

  • Enhanced box training (Group 3) showed the fastest times and best performance on BT assessment.
  • VRS training (Group 4) demonstrated high precision and accuracy on VRS assessment.
  • Mental training (Group 5) consistently yielded the slowest times and lowest scores across assessments.

Conclusions:

  • Laparoscopic skills acquired through box training are transferable to both VRS and BT.
  • Virtual reality simulation is a reliable and convenient assessment tool.
  • Mental training alone is not a substitute for conventional laparoscopic skills training.