Establishing a curriculum for the acquisition of laparoscopic psychomotor skills in the virtual reality environment

Real-time interactive isosurfacing: a new method for improving marching isosurfacing algorithm output and efficiency

“…An isosurface is generated from the voxel data-sets using a variant of the original Marching Tetrahedra (Sinitsky et al 2012) algorithm developed by Chan and Purisima (1998). Once the desired volume has been loaded and surface mesh generated, the simulation system needs to provide the capability for users to interact with the model in real time.…”

Fundamental Arthroscopic Skill Differentiation With Virtual Reality Simulation

“…Although this study showed that time is an easy and reliable marker, it is important to see if there are better markers to assess performance quality. For example, prevalence of instrument loss and "look downs," as well as path length have been shown to be consistent metrics of skill level and proficiency 11,12 and are possible metrics to evaluate in future studies using these modules. Performance targets are also important in the learning process, because they allow trainees to have tangible goals.…”

Tracking and Assessment of Technical Skills Acquisition Among Urology Residents for Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Skills Over 4 Years: Is There a Trend?

“…9 Other researchers have suggested that the ideal predetermined proficiency level should be one in which performance in the OR ceases to increase. 10 Not only must a good surgical curriculum clearly define the predetermined proficiency levels determined by construct and predictive validity testing, but equally important, it should provide the opportunity for practice that is distributed over time rather than a short concentrated session. Others have confirmed this concept of improved competence in skill acquisition on laparoscopic trainers with distributed practice.…”

“…This observation only highlights the benefits in surgical skill acquisition of training to predetermined proficiency levels. 5,10,20,21 It was the intention of this study to create required performance scores for use in the residency training program. We may have garnered more valuable and representative proficiencies for future skills assessment, however, if we had proactively created a reasonable baseline performance goal based on expert skill task scores.…”