The ‘round-the-clock’ training model for assessment and warm up of microsurgical skills: A validation study

Evidence-Based Microsurgical Skills Acquisition Series Part 2: Validated Assessment Instruments—A Systematic Review

“…[13][14][15][16] Currently, most assessment tools used to evaluate the skills attained using microsurgical training models are ones developed for general surgery training. 8,[15][16][17][18][19] These include the objective structured assessment of technical skill (OSATS) and other global rating scales (GRS), which have been shown to be reliable and valid measures of technical skill. 8,13,[19][20][21] As acquisition of appropriate surgical skills requires accurate prediction of surgical skill using evaluation parameters specific to a particular procedure or subspecialty, 10 the purpose of this study is to (1) systematically review the literature pertaining to assessment tools used in microsurgical education and (2) determine which of these are specific to, and validated for, microsurgery training.…”

Another Use of the Mobile Device: Warm-up for Laparoscopic Surgery

“…Some have looked at ''mental imagery'' practice, or the symbolic rehearsal of a psychomotor action without physical movement, stressing the link between motor and cognitive functions [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Others have focused on warm-up with a basic task that is similar to the procedure assessed (such as warming up on a microsurgery trainer prior to performing microsurgery [14] or on a basic laparoscopic trainer prior to laparoscopy [15]). Others have found beneficial aspects of warming-up on a simulator that mimics the procedure assessed, such as an electrical diathermy task on a simulator [16] or a virtual-reality laparoscopic cholecystectomy trainer as warm-up for a live patient laparoscopic cholecystectomy [17].…”

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.…”