Supporting laparoscopic general surgery training with digital technology: The United Kingdom and Ireland paradigm

Humm, Gemma; Harries, Rhiannon; Stoyanov, Danail; Lovat, Laurence

doi:10.1186/s12893-021-01123-4

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“…However, as more innovative formats of online learning such as livestream surgery emerge, the virtual class-specific checklist should be further adjusted accordingly. 36,40…”

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“…35 Several aspects of surgery have been influenced by digital technology, including surgical techniques and training, and future surgeons will need to integrate technology into their daily practice. 36 Furthermore, it has been mentioned in other research that teachers often feel incapable of teaching students in the clinical settings of other health professions. 15 For all the reasons discussed above, those who mainly teach in an operating room are able to do so with greater ease than those who do not.…”

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“…However, as more innovative formats of online learning such as livestream surgery emerge, the virtual class-specific checklist should be further adjusted accordingly. 36,40 This stepwise cross-sectional study investigated clinical teachers' perception of online learning under different teaching scenarios with a proposed virtual class-specific checklist and training programs to help them face the shift in medical education. However, there are several limitations in our study.…”

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A single-center, cross-sectional study of cross-professional faculties’ perception to virtual class under different scenarios: A stepwise approach

Lin

Chen

Yang

et al. 2022

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

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Background: Virtual teaching in medical education is rising with the increased need caused by the recent pandemic. However, evaluations of the perception of clinical teachers across professions for setting a virtual class in different teaching scenarios are limited. This study aims to identify cross-professional clinical teachers' perception of virtual classes and the acceptability of the virtual class-specific checklist for setting a virtual class. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate clinical teachers' need to set and teach a virtual class and then designed a virtual class-specific checklist with five essential steps and a related training program in July 2021. After the training, 186 participants were randomly enrolled in October 2021 to evaluate their perceptions about setting virtual classes and the acceptability of the virtual class-specific checklist using an online assessment questionnaire. Results: In our institution, the number of faculty-led virtual classes has recently been on the increase. Our study revealed that most teachers agreed that virtual classes could break space and time limitations, but that the Internet environment could affect the fluency of the virtual class. They further agreed that the essential five steps in the checklist should vary depending on the type of teaching scenario. Most clinical teachers, with the exception of those who teach in the operating room, considered the operating room as the most difficult scenario for setting virtual classes. Conclusion:Faculty training for setting virtual classes is essential, and the essential virtual class-specific five steps are suitable for different teachers and teaching scenarios. However, the virtual class-specific checklist should be further adjusted according to the limitations caused by emerging innovative virtual teaching technology.

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“…However, as more innovative formats of online learning such as livestream surgery emerge, the virtual class-specific checklist should be further adjusted accordingly. 36,40…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A single-center, cross-sectional study of cross-professional faculties’ perception to virtual class under different scenarios: A stepwise approach

Lin

Chen

Yang

et al. 2022

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

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“…[18][19][20] For medical workers, virtual reality technology can be comparable to 3D printing technology, presenting the complete spatial structure of organs and enabling medical staff to have a more intuitive understanding of the patient's anatomical structure and pathological changes, thereby guiding the formulation of treatment plans. 21,22 In this study, virtual reality technology was applied and presented to the parents of children with CHD. The 3D images of the hearts of the children with CHD were projected through virtual reality equipment.…”

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Condition notification assisted by virtual reality technology reduces the anxiety levels of parents of children with simple CHD: a prospective randomised controlled study

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Purpose: This study explored the effects of condition notification based on virtual reality technology on the anxiety levels of parents of children with simple CHD. Methods: The subjects of the study were the parents of 60 children with simple CHD who were treated in our centre. The state anxiety scale was used to assess the anxiety status of the parents of the children before and after the condition notification in different ways (based on virtual reality explanations and written explanations). Results: In this study, a total of 55 parents of children with CHD successfully completed the survey. At the time of admission, there was no significant difference in the state anxiety scale scores of the parents between the two groups. The anxiety status of the virtual reality group was relieved after the condition notification assisted by virtual reality technology, and there was a significant difference compared with the control group. Conclusion: Condition notification based on virtual reality technology can effectively alleviate the anxiety of parents of children with simple CHD, which is worthy of clinical application.

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“…It lacks haptic feedback of tissue. The operative field is visualized on a separate screen away from the patient's axis [33]. VR also has side effects like cybersickness (nausea, vomiting, eye fatigue, dizziness, ataxia), etc.…”

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Virtual Reality as an Affirmative Spin-Off to Laparoscopic Training: An Updated Review

Kantamaneni¹,

Jalla²,

Renzu³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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Latest advancements in science lead to drastic improvements in patient health care. Techniques and technology evolved in surgery over the years have resulted in the improvement of patient outcomes by leaps and bounds. Open surgeries previously done for procedures like appendectomy and cholecystectomy evolved into laparoscopic minimally invasive procedures. Such procedures pose few challenges to the surgeons, like lack of tissue feedback and fulcrum effect of the abdominal wall. But training surgeons for such an advanced skill is still following conventional methods. These procedures can be effectively trained using Virtual Reality (VR), which can simulate operations outside the operating room (OR). To maximize the outcomes of VR training, knowledge on various strategies affecting the skills acquisition and retention in VR training is essential. This review collected information from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library (CENTRAL) databases. Data from the previous ten years are included in the review. This included documents, clinical trials, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials, reviews, systematic reviews, letters to editors, and grey literature. After an advanced Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) search, we got 59,532 results, and after the application of filters, 189 results showed up. Out of these, studies that were not exclusively relevant to the use of VR in laparoscopic surgery were manually excluded, and a total of 35 articles were included in the study. VR is found to be an excellent training modality with promising outcomes. It helps the surgeons perform the surgery accurately at a faster pace and improves confidence and multitasking ability in OR. Instructor feedback from mentors and deliberate practice of trainees, and early introduction of haptics in VR resulted in the most effective outcomes of the VR training. Box trainers are also compared with VR trainers as they are the cheaper modalities of training. However, this area needs more research to conclude if box trainers can act as a cheaper alternative to VR training providing similar outcomes.

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Supporting laparoscopic general surgery training with digital technology: The United Kingdom and Ireland paradigm

Cited by 18 publications

References 75 publications

A single-center, cross-sectional study of cross-professional faculties’ perception to virtual class under different scenarios: A stepwise approach

A single-center, cross-sectional study of cross-professional faculties’ perception to virtual class under different scenarios: A stepwise approach

Condition notification assisted by virtual reality technology reduces the anxiety levels of parents of children with simple CHD: a prospective randomised controlled study

Virtual Reality as an Affirmative Spin-Off to Laparoscopic Training: An Updated Review

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