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Evaluating the Role of SURGical TElementoring in Acquisition of Surgical Skills of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. SURGTEACH Trial

NCT06421584 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2024-12-10

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Summary

Surgical telementoring (ST) has the potential to become an integrated part of everyday surgical teaching practice. Its educational benefits require investigation.

This is a randomized controlled trial evaluating ST in a clinical setting. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be performed by eligible surgical residents randomized to the intervention group or the control group. The control group being guided by traditional onsite mentoring and the intervention group being telementored by a distantly located telementor during ongoing procedure. The primary outcome will be the video recorded GOALS-score (Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills) and NOTSS-score (Non Technical Surgical Skills) assessment of each procedure while secondary outcomes will be satisfaction scores of the involved residents and mentors.

Conditions

  • Surgical Education
  • Surgical Telementoring

Interventions

DEVICE

Surgical telementoring

The intervention group receives intraoperative guidance by telementoring. The telementor is remotely located but able to see the real-time footage of the ongoing procedure and simultaneously verbally communicate with the operating resident wearing a headset during surgery. Additionally, feedback by telestration may be given to the operating resident if required. This involves graphic annotations on a still picture of the ongoing surgery which the telementor may design if required.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Olympus

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Nordlandssykehuset HF

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Petter Øien, PhD · Head of research department

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-20
Primary Completion
2025-10-20
Completion
2025-11-20

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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