Medical student experience with robot-assisted surgery after limited laparoscopy exposure

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the objective and subjective experience of medical students completing robotic surgery tasks after limited laparoscopy exposure. Twenty-three medical students without previous laparoscopy and robotic surgery experience self-enrolled into 0 min ( n  = 11), 20 ...

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Published in:Journal of robotic surgery 2021-06, Vol.15 (3), p.443-450
Main Authors: Vurgun, Nasit, Vongsurbchart, Tanawat, Myszka, Aneta, Richter, Piotr, Rogula, Tomasz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exposure
Hypotheses
Hypothesis testing
Laparoscopy
Learning
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Original
Original Article
Robotic surgery
Students
Surgeons
Surgery
Time measurement
Training
Urology
Workload
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the objective and subjective experience of medical students completing robotic surgery tasks after limited laparoscopy exposure. Twenty-three medical students without previous laparoscopy and robotic surgery experience self-enrolled into 0 min ( n  = 11), 20 min ( n  = 6), and 40 min ( n  = 6) laparoscopy training groups. Subjects completed rope passing and ball placement tasks on a laparoscopy trainer before repeating similar tasks on the Senhance Surgical System, a robot-assisted digital laparoscopy device. Videos were recorded to evaluate objective measures including time, completion rate, clutch use, out of view instruments, ball drops, and manual adjustments. The NASA-TLX survey was administered to assess subjective experience using workload and task demand measures. There were no statistically significant differences in objective performance between the groups ( p  > 0.05). Subjects who completed laparoscopy training reported higher workloads, but these differences were not statistically significant ( p  > 0.05). NASA-TLX workload was correlated with time performance on Pearson and Spearman tests ( r  = 0.623, rho = 0.681, p  
ISSN:1863-2483
1863-2491
DOI:10.1007/s11701-020-01129-9