CompletedNot Applicable

Soft Skills and Surgical Performance

50 participantsStarted 2008-06

Plain-language summary

Background and hypothesis: Virtual reality (VR) training in minimal invasive surgery (MIS) is known to be feasible and beneficial in surgical residency. Research on stress- coping in surgical trainees indicate an additional impact of soft skills on VR- performance. Thus to hypothesize soft skills predicting surgical performance in a VR- setting. Method: A prospective randomized controlled single center educational trial was carried out to evaluate the impact of structured VR- training and defined soft skills such as self- efficacy, stress- coping and motivation on VR- performance.

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * surgical residency not exceeding the first year of surgical training * limited experience in MIS (camera navigation in laparoscopic cholecystectomies only) * informed consent to study procedures and publication of anonymized data Exclusion Criteria: * surgical residency exceeding the first year of surgical training * experience in MIS exceeding camera navigation in laparoscopic cholecystectomies * lack of informed consent

What they're measuring

VR- performance after training

Timeframe: Three months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01137305

SponsorPhilipps University Marburg

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2009-01

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