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Spatial Skill Training for Robot-assisted Surgery

NCT03758586 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-11-29

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Summary

Surgical residents from a single tertiary medical center were divided into 2 groups. All residents performed 2 tasks on a Da Vinci robotic simulator system after which they were either given a real training session in spatial skills (study group) or shown a short presentation regarding robotic surgery. After training/watching the presentation, they repeated the for mentioned tasks on the robotic simulator. Improvement in surgeon performance, especially regarding tissue damage was documented.

Conditions

  • Spatial Learning

Interventions

OTHER

Computerized spatial skill training

The spatial skills training session consisted of six practice trials that were run in a sequence. The objective of each practice was to manipulate the simulated robotic arm to grab the cubes and move them to a desired location using keyboard keys. The participant was required to reach a decision based on the visual-spatial information, before initiating subsequent movements of the simulated robotic arm. Each practice trial presented an initial state of the cubes in front of the robotic arm, and a target position of the cubes.

OTHER

Watching a presentation regarding robotic surgery

Watching a 20-35 minute long power-point presentation regarding the history of robotic surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rambam Health Care Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roy Lauterbach, MD · Rambam Health Care Campus

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-01
Primary Completion
2017-09-01
Completion
2018-01-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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