Using virtual-reality simulation to assess performance in endobronchial ultrasound

Respiration

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Konge, Lars ^a   Annema, Jouke ^c,d   Clementsen, Paul ^a   Minddal, Valentina ^a   Vilmann, Peter ^b   Ringsted, Charlotte ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endobronchial ultrasound; Transbronchial needle aspiration; Virtual reality simulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; LYMPH NODE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RESPIRATORY PHYSICIAN; SIMULATOR; TRAINING; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84880571132     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350428     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Fischer BM, Mortensen J, Hansen H et al: Multimodality approach to mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer. Faults and benefits of PET-CT: A randomised trial. Thorax 2011; 66: 294-300
2. Tournoy KG, Keller SM, Annema JT: Mediastinal staging of lung cancer: Novel concepts. Lancet Oncol 2012; 13:e221-e229
3. Steinfort DP, Hew MJ, Irving LB: Bronchoscopic evaluation of the mediastinum using endobronchial ultrasound - a description of the first 216 cases performed at an Australian tertiary hospital. Intern Med J 2011; 41: 815- 824
4. Kemp SV, El Batrawy SH, Harrison RN et al: Learning curves for endobronchial ultrasound using cusum analysis. Thorax 2010; 65: 534-538
5. Bolliger CT, Mathur PN, Beamis JF et al: European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society statement on interventional pulmonology. Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 356-373
6. Ernst A, Silvestri GA, Johnstone D: Interventional pulmonary procedures: Guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians. Chest 2003; 123: 1693-1717
7. Du Rand IA, Barber PV, Goldring J et al: Summary of the British Thoracic Society guidelines for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults. Thorax 2011; 66: 1014-1015
8. McGaghie WC, Butter J, Kaye M: Observational assessment; in Downing SM, Yudkowsky R (eds): Assessment in Health Professions Education, ed 1. New York, Routledge, 2009, pp 185-215
9. McGaghie WC, Issenberg SB: Simulations in assessment; in: Downing SM, Yudkowsky R (eds): Assessment in Health Professions Education, ed 1. New York, Routledge, 2009, pp 245-268
10. Magill RA: The Stages of Learning. Motor Learning and Control, ed 8. New York, Mc- Graw-Hill, 2007, pp 263-289
11. Streiner DL, Norman GR: Reliability; in Streiner DL, Norman GR (eds): Health Measurement Scales - A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use, ed 4. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp 167-210
12. Livingston S, Zieky M: Passing Scores: A Manual for Setting Standards of Performance on Educational and Occupational Tests. Princeton, Educational Testing Service, 1982
13. Crick JE, Brennan RL: Freeware computerprogram, University of Iowa, USA. Download: http://www.uiowa.edu/~casma/computer- programs.htm
14. Tanner NT, Pastis NJ, Silvestri GA: Training for linear endobronchial ultrasound among US pulmonary/critical care fellowships: A survey of fellowship directors. Chest 2013; 143: 423-428
15. Konge L, Arendrup H, von BC, Ringsted C: Using performance in multiple simulated scenarios to assess bronchoscopy skills. Respiration 2011; 81: 483-490
16. Ringsted C, Hodges B, Scherpbier A: 'The Research Compass': An introduction to research in medical education: AMEE Guide No. 56. Med Teach 2011; 33: 695-709
17. Axelson RD, Kreiter CD: Reliability; in Downing SM, Yudkowsky R (eds): Assessment in Health Professions Education. New York, Routledge, 2009, pp 57-73
18. Downing SM: Reliability: On the reproducibility of assessment data. Med Educ 2004; 38: 1006-1012
19. Konge L, Larsen KR, Clementsen P, Arendrup H, von BC, Ringsted C: Reliable and valid assessment of clinical bronchoscopy performance. Respiration 2012; 83: 53-60
20. Konge L, Vilmann P, Clementsen P, Annema JT, Ringsted C: Reliable and valid assessment of competence in endoscopic ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration for mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer. Endoscopy 2012; 44: 928-933
21. Norcini J, Guille R: Combining tests and setting standards; in Norman GR, Van der Vleuten CMP, Newble DI (eds): International Handbook of Research in Medical Education. Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
22. Konge L, Clementsen P, Larsen KR, Arendrup H, Buchwald C, Ringsted C: Establishing pass/fail criteria for bronchoscopy performance. Respiration 2012; 83: 140-146
23. Moorthy K, Smith S, Brown T, Bann S, Darzi A: Evaluation of virtual reality bronchoscopy as a learning and assessment tool. Respiration 2003; 70: 195-199
24. Krogh CL, Konge L, Bjurstrom J, Ringsted C: Training on a new, portable, simple simulator transfers to performance of complex bronchoscopy procedures. Clin Respir J 2012, Epub ahead of print
25. Stather DR, Maceachern P, Rimmer K, Hergott CA, Tremblay A: Validation of an endobronchial ultrasound simulator: Differentiating operator skill level. Respiration 2011; 81: 325-332
26. Davoudi M, Colt HG, Osann KE, Lamb CR, Mullon JJ: Endobronchial ultrasound skills and tasks assessment tool: Assessing the validity evidence for a test of endobronchial ultrasound- guided transbronchial needle aspiration operator skill. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012; 186: 773-779