A simple scoring system to train surgeons in basic laparoscopic skills
Aim: To develop and validate a scoring system for a training assessment tool using a box trainer which can objectively demonstrate progression in laparoscopic skills. Method: 170 assessments were performed over a 5-year period by doctors working in a busy paediatric surgical department. Each partici...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Pediatric surgery international
Year: 2015, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-252 |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-015-3841-6 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3841-6 Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3841-6 
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| Author Notes: | Gregory Shepherd, Dirk von Delft, Johannes Truck, Rainer Kubiak, Khaled Ashour, Hugh Grant |
| Summary: | Aim: To develop and validate a scoring system for a training assessment tool using a box trainer which can objectively demonstrate progression in laparoscopic skills. Method: 170 assessments were performed over a 5-year period by doctors working in a busy paediatric surgical department. Each participant was scored based on experience and then undertook six laparoscopic tasks in a box trainer in a dry skills lab. The quicker and more accurate the performance, the lower the score. Validity and reliability tests were applied. Results: Pearson correlation coefficient demonstrated that more experienced surgeons performed better than novices with an r of -0.63 (p < 0.001). The mean assessment scores improved (reduced) with increasing experience score [4140 (0-20), 2696 (21-40), 1969 (>40) p < 0.001]. Improvement in score was seen at all experience levels with greatest improvement seen in the less experienced (2315, 1820, 1571 p < 0.001). Cronbach’s alpha was 0.70 and the intraclass correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability was 0.81. Conclusion: Construct validity with adequate reliability has been demonstrated for this simple training tool and scoring system. All experience levels demonstrated improvement in their laparoscopic skills by simulation training in a laparoscopic box trainer. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.03.2019 Published online: 19 November 2015 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-015-3841-6 |