‘Surgical skills box’: a new training aid for surgical trainees

Abstract

With surgical trainees now receiving reduced operating experience it is more important than ever for them to practise their surgical skills outside the operating theatre environment.

A model for training and evaluation of myringotomy and tube placement skills

“…They demonstrated validity by decreased time‐to‐completion, fewer overall procedure failures, and total errors in performing the myringotomy and tube insertion procedure. A criticism of early models is not their lack of fidelity (true‐to‐life model), but rather their inability to demonstrate assessment utility, and where cost precludes widespread availability of such models 5, 8, 9…”

Ventilation tube insertion simulation: a literature review and validity assessment of five training models

“…Eleven different VTI simulators are described in the literature. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Two models showed face validity data, 16,18 three studies reported on the effect of iteration, 14,15,19 and one included construct validity data. 15 The remainder were purely descriptive articles.…”

“…Ventilation tube insertion simulators in the literature[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Some of the included figures apply to the models replicated by the group and may vary when reproduced by others.…”

Usefulness of temporal bone prototype for drilling training: A prospective study

“…Other authors have created some artificial surgery boxes to perform training outside the operating room. A simulation box for common surgical gestures (sutures, anastomosis, transtympanic tubes) has been proposed for rehearsal of gestures …”

“…A simulation box for common surgical gestures (sutures, anastomosis, transtympanic tubes) has been proposed for rehearsal of gestures. 7 Recently, virtual and physical prototyping has been developed to allow otologic surgical training during residency. These new tools have the advantage of reproducibility and will likely be included in every training programme in the future.…”