PROFICIENCY PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS FOR REMOVAL OF SIMULATED BRAIN TUMORS USING NEUROTOUCH

Authors: Rolando Del Maestro, Gmaan Al Zhrani, Hamed Azarnoush, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Fahad Alotaibi, Susanne P Lajoie

Publication date: 2014

Journal: Neuro-oncology

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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. Novel technologies, such as virtual-reality simulation, have the potential to play important roles in the training of neurosurgeons. The purpose of this study was to develop 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). METHODS: A total of 31 participants were recruited including 16 ‘experts’(neurosurgery staff) and 15 neurosurgery residents (‘novices’, 7 junior and 8 senior). Each participant performed 18 simulated brain tumor …

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PROFICIENCY PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS FOR REMOVAL OF SIMULATED BRAIN TUMORS USING NEUROTOUCH

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