Serious gaming and voluntary laparoscopic skills training: A multicenter study
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies
- Vol. 18 (4), 232-238
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13645700903054046
Abstract
This study assesses the issue of voluntary training of a standardized online competition (serious gaming) between surgical residents. Surgical residents were invited to join a competition on a virtual reality (VR) simulator for laparoscopic motor skills. A final score was calculated based on the task performance of three exercises and was presented to all the participants through an online database on the Internet. The resident with the best score would win a lap-top computer. During three months, 31 individuals from seven hospitals participated (22 surgical residents, 3 surgeons and six interns). A total of 777 scores were logged in the database. In order to out-perform others some participants scheduled themselves voluntarily for additional training. More attempts correlated with higher scores. The serious gaming concept may enhance voluntary skills training. Online data capturing could facilitate monitoring of skills progression in surgical trainees and enhance (VR) simulator validation.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Construct validity and assessment of the learning curve for the SIMENDO endoscopic simulatorSurgical Endoscopy, 2007
- Teaching Surgical Skills — Changes in the WindNew England Journal of Medicine, 2006
- Integrating simulation into a surgical residency programSurgical Endoscopy, 2006
- A serious game for traffic accident investigatorsInteractive Technology and Smart Education, 2006
- Validation of a new basic virtual reality simulator for training of basic endoscopic skillsSurgical Endoscopy, 2006
- Consensus guidelines for validation of virtual reality surgical simulatorsSurgical Endoscopy, 2005
- Time for evidence-based minimal access surgery training--simulate or sink.Surgical Endoscopy, 2005
- Virtual Reality Simulation for the Operating RoomAnnals of Surgery, 2005
- Personal Computer-Based Flight Training DevicesThe International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 1998
- The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance.Psychological Review, 1993