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- Title
Supporting laparoscopic general surgery training with digital technology: The United Kingdom and Ireland paradigm.
- Authors
Humm, Gemma; Harries, Rhiannon L.; Stoyanov, Danail; Lovat, Laurence B.
- Abstract
Surgical training in the UK and Ireland has faced challenges following the implementation of the European Working Time Directive and postgraduate training reform. The health services are undergoing a digital transformation; digital technology is remodelling the delivery of surgical care and surgical training. This review aims to critically evaluate key issues in laparoscopic general surgical training and the digital technology such as virtual and augmented reality, telementoring and automated workflow analysis and surgical skills assessment. We include pre-clinical, proof of concept research and commercial systems that are being developed to provide solutions. Digital surgical technology is evolving through interdisciplinary collaboration to provide widespread access to high-quality laparoscopic general surgery training and assessment. In the future this could lead to integrated, context-aware systems that support surgical teams in providing safer surgical care.
- Subjects
IRELAND; UNITED Kingdom; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; SURGICAL education; DIGITAL technology; SURGICAL technology; AUGMENTED reality
- Publication
BMC Surgery, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2482
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12893-021-01123-4