Assessment of the role of aptitude in the acquisition of advanced laparoscopic surgical skill sets

Abstract

The results have demonstrated that there is a relationship between aptitude and ability to perform both basic laparoscopic tasks and laparoscopic colectomy on a simulator. The findings suggest that there may be a role for the consideration of an individual's inherent baseline ability when trying to design and optimise technical teaching curricula for advanced laparoscopic procedures.

The predictive value of aptitude assessment in laparoscopic surgery: a meta-analysis

“…The results of the moderator analysis for visual–spatial ability are shown in Table . Three studies were excluded from the analysis of the 2 × 2 classification of visual–spatial ability because they used a composite measure of static and dynamic visual–spatial ability tests . The subgroup extrinsic dynamic contained only one study .…”

“…Three studies were excluded from the analysis of the 2 9 2 classification of visual-spatial ability because they used a composite measure of static and dynamic visual-spatial ability tests. 46,51 The subgroup extrinsic dynamic contained only one study. 38 The subgroups intrinsic dynamic and extrinsic dynamic were thus combined into the subgroup dynamic visual-spatial ability.…”

Spatial abilities of medical graduates and choice of residency programs

“…Time spent on performing a technical skill has also been related to spatial abilities in medical students or novices in the simulation laboratory performing gastroscopy (Hedman et al, ; Schlickum et al, ), gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy (Ritter et al, ), surgical knot tying (Brandt and Davies, ), and minimally invasive surgery (Hedman et al, ; Hassan et al, ; Jungmann et al, ). Similarly, time spent by residents or trainees has been related to spatial abilities in the simulation laboratory performing colonoscopy (Luursema et al, ) and minimally invasive surgery (Risucci et al, ; Rosenthal et al, ; Ahlborg et al, ; Nugent et al, ). It is possible that entrants into medical areas requiring high level spatial skills who have higher spatial abilities scores are apt to acquire the necessary spatial knowledge more rapidly than individuals with lower scores.…”

“…Spatial abilities have been also related to the performance in technical skills in microscopic pathology (Helle et al, ), interpreting 3D information in dental radiographs (Nilsson et al, ), clinical ultrasonography (Clem et al, ), clinical surgery (Schueneman et al, ; Gibbons et al, ), dental practical restorative laboratory classes (Hegarty et al, ), and in the simulation laboratory performing gastroscopy (Hedman et al, ; Schlickum et al, ), colonoscopy (Westman et al, ; Luursema et al, ), gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy (Ritter et al, ), ureteroscopy (Schlickum et al, ), endoscopic sinus surgery (Arora et al, ), sutures of fresh porcine jejunum (Steele et al, ), anastomosis of blood vessels by microsurgery in rats (Murdoch et al, ), Z‐plasties on pig thighs (Wanzel et al, ), rigid fixation of a synthetic mandible (Wanzel et al, ), surgical knot tying (Brandt and Davies, ), and minimally invasive surgery (Risucci et al, ; Keehner et al, ; Hedman et al, ; Hassan et al, ; Rosenthal et al, ; Ahlborg et al, ; Jungmann et al, ; Schlickum et al, ; Nugent et al, ).…”

The effect of warm-up on surgical performance: a systematic review

“…Furthermore, future studies should assess the effect of warm-up on the intraoperative costs and postoperative complications. Performance evaluation is a difficult process and multiple evaluation criteria [12,15,[22][23][24][25] were studied in the literature; including global scores, checklists, video tracking, and virtual reality simulator recorded data, but there was no standardized measurable tools implemented. Further, none of the studies included in this review considered the effect of warm-up before first day versus mid-day versus emergency cases.…”