Virtual reality simulators: Current status in acquisition and assessment of surgical skills

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-34

  Cosman, Peter H ^a,b   Cregan, Patrick C ^a   Martin, Christopher J ^a   Cartmill, John A ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Computer simulation; Computer assisted instruction; Educational measurement; Equipment design; Medical education; Medical errors; Motor skills; Needs assessment; Surgery education

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036172449     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02293.x     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Simulation and virtual reality in surgical education: Real or unreal?
2. Teaching gall bladder surgery: Remembrance of things past, or defensive cholecystectomy revisited
3. Trauma Centres in the USA - Past and present
4. Patterns of injury from major trauma in Victoria
5. Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global burden of disease study
6. Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global burden of disease study
7. Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global burden of disease study
8. Teaching the craft of operative surgery
9. A structure for general surgery
10. Conservative management of perforated peptic ulcer
11. Perforated peptic ulcer: A deliberative approach
12. Perforated peptic ulcer - The changing scene
13. Training surgeons and safeguarding patients
14. Sequential psychomotor skills development in laparoscopic colon surgery
15. Who is a surgeon?
16. Acquiring surgical skills
17. Surgeons should train like pilots
18. Heart rates of surgeons in theatre
19. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring of surgeons
20. Heart rate as an indicator of stress in surgeons and anaesthetists
21. Stresses affecting surgical performance and learning. Correlation of heart rate, electrocardiogram, and operation simultaneously recorded on videotapes
22. Effects of relative frequency of knowledge of results on retention of a motor skill
23. Trainee selection for general surgery
24. The impact of technology on surgery
25. Preparing surgeons for the twenty first century
26. Older surgeons lose more patients than younger colleagues
27. Is there a dilemma in adequately training surgeons in both open and laparoscopic biliary surgery?
28. Ergonomics applied to the practice of microsurgery
29. The 'learning curve' in the performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
30. New surgical procedures: Can we minimise the learning curve?
31. Simulation and monitoring of surgical robotics interventions
32. Digital trainer developed for robotic assisted cardiac surgery
33. A Virtual reality module for intravenous catheter placement