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- Title
Telementoring versus on-site mentoring in virtual reality-based surgical training.
- Authors
Panait, L.; Rafiq, A.; Tomulescu, V.; Boanca, C.; Popescu, I.; Carbonell, A.; Merrell, R.; Merrell, R C
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Telementoring can be an adjunct to surgical training using virtual reality surgical simulation. Telementoring is hypothesized to be as effective as a local mentor for surgical skills training.<bold>Methods: </bold>In this study, 20 Romanian medical students trained using a virtual reality surgical simulator (LapSim) with a telementor or local mentor. All the students watched an instructional module at the beginning of the exercise. The telementor, in the United States, interacted by videoconferencing. Before and after training sessions, tool path length and time for task completion were measured.<bold>Results: </bold>Instructional media and training with mentoring resulted in similar levels of performance between locally mentored and telementored groups. Right- and left-hand path length and time decreased significantly within each group from the initial to the final evaluation (p < 0.05) for most tasks (grasping, cutting, suturing). No significant difference was achieved for clip-applying.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Integration of instructional media with telementoring can be as effective for the development of surgical skills as local mentoring.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; COMPUTER simulation; MEDICAL technology; OCCUPATIONAL training; SURGEONS; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; CARDIOVASCULAR surgery; COMPARATIVE studies; GRIP strength; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL education; MENTORING; RESEARCH; OPERATIVE surgery; SURGICAL instruments; SUTURING; TELEMEDICINE; USER interfaces; TASK performance; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Surgical Endoscopy & Other Interventional Techniques, 2006, Vol 20, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
1866-6817
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-005-0113-x