A cost-effective approach to establishing a surgical skills laboratory

Berg, David; Milner, Richard; Fisher, Carol A.; Goldberg, Amy J.; Dempsey, Daniel T.; Grewal, Harsh

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2007.05.011

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“…Animate teaching laboratories have been shown to improve residents' technical performance in completing fundoplication and that this improvement lasts up to 6 months [46]. Training systems with formal instruction and practice sessions have been shown to improve performance of students [47] at a cost that is not prohibitive [48].…”

Section: Education and Trainingmentioning

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Position paper on laparoscopic antireflux operations in infants and children for gastroesophageal reflux disease

Kane

Brown

Chen

2009

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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Section: Education and Trainingmentioning

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Position paper on laparoscopic antireflux operations in infants and children for gastroesophageal reflux disease

Kane

Brown

Chen

2009

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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“…6,12 In this study we assessed the expenses of implementing and maintaining of the ACS/APDS-based SSC in our program. We calculated the cost based on initial startup capital expenditures and annual operational maintenance costs and assigned a cost value to all equipment and supplies, even those donated from the OR and industry vendors.…”

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What Is the Cost Associated with the Implementation and Maintenance of an ACS/APDS-Based Surgical Skills Curriculum?

Danzer

Dumon

Kolb

et al. 2011

Journal of Surgical Education

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“…Surgical skills laboratories provide residents with the opportunity to acquire technical skills in a low stressed and stimulated environment, while focusing on learning and repeating key stages of procedures in a setting where they are able to reduce their learning curve with the goal of decreasing potential harm to patients (10).…”

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“…Berg et al (10) reported that they are able to provide surgical skills training for about $1,000 per resident per year; however the costs of donated services, equipment, and supplies were not estimated. We have a similar problem in our cost assessment, because our material was acquired from donations or was bought at low-cost from retail stores.…”

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Laparoscopic skill laboratory in urological surgery: tools and methods for resident training

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Purpose: Laparoscopy has certainly brought considerable benefits to patients, but laparoscopic surgery requires a set of skills different from open surgery, and learning in the operating room may increase surgical time, and even may be harmful to patients. Several training programs have been developed to decrease these potential prejudices. Purposes: to describe the laparoscopic training program for urological residents of the "Hospital das Clinicas" of the Sao Paulo Medical School, to report urological procedures that are feasible in dry and wet labs, and to perform a critical analysis of the cost-benefit relation of advanced laparoscopic skills laboratory. Materials and Methods:The laparoscopic skill lab has two virtual simulators, three manual simulators, and four laparoscopic sets for study with a porcine model. The urology residents during their first year attend classes in the virtual and manual simulator and helps the senior urological resident in activities carried out with the laparoscopic sets. During the second year, the urological resident has six periods per week, each period lasting four hours, to perform laparoscopic procedures with a porcine model. Results: In a training program of ten weeks, one urological resident performs an average of 120 urological procedures. The most common procedures are total nephrectomy (30%), bladder suture (30%), partial nephrectomy (10%), pyeloplasty (10%), ureteral replacement or transuretero anastomosis (10%), and others like adrenalectomy, prostatectomy, and retroperitoneoscopy. These procedures are much quicker and caused less morbidity. Conclusion: Laparoscopic skills laboratory is a good method for achieving technical ability.

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A cost-effective approach to establishing a surgical skills laboratory

Cited by 58 publications

References 25 publications

Position paper on laparoscopic antireflux operations in infants and children for gastroesophageal reflux disease

Position paper on laparoscopic antireflux operations in infants and children for gastroesophageal reflux disease

What Is the Cost Associated with the Implementation and Maintenance of an ACS/APDS-Based Surgical Skills Curriculum?

Laparoscopic skill laboratory in urological surgery: tools and methods for resident training

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