Simulation-based Training of Operating Assistants: Procedure- Versus Camera Navigation Training

Simulation-based Training of Operating Assistants: Procedure- Versus Camera Navigation Training - a Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Clinical Transfer

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02530099

Enrollment

Registered

2015-08-20

Start date

2015-09-30

Completion date

2015-12-31

Last updated

2016-04-06

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Conditions

Laparoscopic Simulation Training

Brief summary

Often the less experienced as medical students are charged with the role as camera navigator and assistant during laparoscopic surgery. Camera navigation is generally considered an easy skill, but it requires specific psychomotor and visuospatial skills. Simulation-based training can improve surgical skills, but little is known on how to optimally structure a training program to acquire camera navigation skills. The objective of this trial is to examine if simulation-based laparoscopic camera navigation skills transfer to the operating room after practicing one of two fundamentally different laparoscopic tasks on a simulator. The first group practice a procedure on a virtual reality simulator, the second group practice camera navigation on a virtual reality simulator and the third group receive no training. All participants are tested as camera navigators and assistants during a procedure in the operating room.

Interventions

PROCEDURECN-group

Time limited simulation based training on camera navigation tasks on a virtual reality-simulator.

PROCEDUREProcedure-group

Time limited simulation based training on laparoscopic procedure on a virtual reality-simulator.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Medical students on the 4th, 5th or 6th semester, enrolled at The Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen * Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Previous participation in trials involving simulated laparoscopic training. * Experience with laparoscopy surgery (having performed minimum one laparoscopic procedure as primary surgeon or as a surgical assistant). * No informed consent. * Does not speak Danish on a conversational level.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Surgeons' rating on camera navigation performance during a procedure in the operating room.	up to 1-3 weeks post training

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Score on the intrinsic motivation inventory-scale	2 months	An expression of motivation as a surgical assistant and camera navigation after completion of the procedure in the OR

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026