Proficiency performance benchmarks for removal of simulated brain tumors using a virtual reality simulator NeuroTouch

Authors: Gmaan AlZhrani, Fahad Alotaibi, Hamed Azarnoush, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Abdulrahman Sabbagh, Khalid Bajunaid, Susanne P Lajoie, Rolando F Del Maestro

Publication date: 2015

Journal: Journal of surgical education

Publisher:

Elsevier

Description:

Objective

Assessment of neurosurgical technical skills involved in the resection of cerebral tumors in operative environments is complex. Educators emphasize the need to develop and use objective and meaningful assessment tools that are reliable and valid for assessing trainees’ progress in acquiring surgical skills. The purpose of this study was to develop proficiency performance benchmarks for a newly proposed set of objective measures (metrics) of neurosurgical technical skills performance during simulated brain tumor resection using a new virtual reality simulator (NeuroTouch).

Design

Each participant performed the resection of 18 simulated brain tumors of different complexity using the NeuroTouch platform. Surgical performance was computed using Tier 1 and Tier 2 metrics derived from NeuroTouch simulator data consisting of (1) safety metrics, including (a) volume of surrounding simulated normal brain …

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Proficiency performance benchmarks for removal of simulated brain tumors using a virtual reality simulator NeuroTouch