Journal article
Simulator based angiography education in neurosurgery: results of a pilot educational program
Journal of neurointerventional surgery, v 4(6), pp 438-441
01 Nov 2012
PMID: 22015637
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Abstract
Introduction The use of simulators in medical training has been on the rise over the past decade as a means to teach procedural skills to trainees in a risk free environment. The goal of this study was to pilot a simulator based skills course for inexperienced neurosurgical residents to teach the fundamentals of cervicocerebral catheterization and angiography, with the ultimate goal of defining a universal simulator based curriculum that could be incorporated into neurosurgical resident training in the future.
Methods Seven neurosurgery residents with no prior angiographic experience served as the pilot participants for this 2 day course. Four neurointerventional trained neurosurgeons served as faculty for instruction and evaluation. The majority of the course focused on hands-on simulator practice with close mentoring by faculty. Participants were evaluated with pre-course and post-course assessments.
Results Post-course written test scores were significantly higher than pre-course scores (p<0.001). Faculty assessments of participants' technical skills with angiography (graded 0-10, with 10 being best) also improved significantly from pre-course to post-course (pre 2.1; post 5.9; p<0.001). Objective simulator recorded assessments demonstrated a significant decrease in the time needed to complete a four vessel angiogram (p<0.001) and total fluoroscopic time (p<0.001).
Conclusions Participant angiography skills, based on both faculty and simulator assessments, as well as participant knowledge, improved after this didactic, hands-on simulator course. Neuroendovascular simulator training appears to be a viable means of training inexperienced neurosurgery residents in the early learning stages of basic endovascular neurosurgery. Further studies evaluating the translation of procedural skills learned on the simulator to actual clinical skills in the angiography suite is necessary.
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- Title
- Simulator based angiography education in neurosurgery: results of a pilot educational program
- Creators
- Kyle Michael Fargen - University of FloridaAdnan H. Siddiqui - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkErol Veznedaroglu - Capital HealthRaymond D. Turner - Medical University of South CarolinaAndrew J. Ringer - University of CincinnatiJ. Mocco - University of Florida
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurointerventional surgery, v 4(6), pp 438-441
- Publisher
- Bmj Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurosurgery
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000310501000017
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84870954188
- Other Identifier
- 991021962288204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Neuroimaging
- Surgery