Effect of Virtual Reality Training by Novices on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Porcine Model

• Sponsor: Columbia University (Other)
• Overall Status: Withdrawn
• CT.gov ID: NCT00460980
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 0
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 23
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study proposes evaluation of an educational tool, a laparoscopic virtual reality simulator. The purpose of this study is to determine whether training on the LapSim Simulator transfers to improved laparoscopic cholecystectomy operative performance in an animal model.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Gallstones	Behavioral: Virtual reality laparoscopic simulator training	N/A

Detailed Description

This is study protocol involves the training and evaluation of general surgery interns on a laparoscopic simulator (LapSim®, Surgical Science Ltd, Göteborg, Sweden, version 3.0.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 0 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
• Official Title: Effect of Virtual Reality Training by Novices on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Porcine Model
• Study Start Date: May 1, 2006
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 1, 2008
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: Virtual reality laparoscopic simulator Virtual reality laparoscopic simulator training: Residents will participate in a structured approach to teaching laparoscopic skills to beginning surgeons with a virtual reality trainer will improve skills prior to actual operative experience.

Behavioral: Virtual reality laparoscopic simulator training; The aim of this project is to determine whether a structured approach to teaching laparoscopic skills to beginning surgeons with a virtual reality trainer will improve skills prior to actual operative experience. We aim to show that with the virtual reality trainer, operative skills will be improved and that overall operative time will be decreased.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Score on Global Outcomes Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills [5 weeks, 10 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Surgical interns (PGY 1) are eligible

• Twenty-five (25) participants will comprise this group

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior clinical experience with laparoscopic surgery as the assistant surgeon.

• Prior simulation training (mechanical, PC-based or otherwise).

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons	New York	New York	United States	10032

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Columbia University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Dennis L Fowler, MD, Columbia University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Columbia University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00460980
• Other Study ID Numbers: AAAB9401
• First Posted: Apr 17, 2007
• Last Update Posted: Apr 6, 2015
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2015

• Keywords provided by Columbia University: resident training; laparoscopic skills; surgical skills assessment
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Gallstones

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 6, 2015