Individualized Deliberate Practice on a Virtual Reality Simulator
NCT ID: NCT01753947
Last Updated: 2012-12-20
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
16 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-01-31
2011-01-31
Brief Summary
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This randomized controlled trial effectively demonstrates that deliberate practice on a virtual reality simulator results in an improvement in technical skills in a real clinical situation. This enhances the feasibility of implementing simulation-based curricula into residency training programs, and consequently has the potential to improve patient safety.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Deliberate Practice
Residents in the deliberate practice group received individualized feedback at the end of the initial assessment case. The staff surgeon supervising the case completed 3 previously validated technical skills assessment forms.
Deliberate Practice
Conventional Feedback
Residents in the control group received informal feedback as they performed the initial laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the operating room. This was left up to the discretion of the staff surgeon supervising the operation. This corresponds to the routine teaching and feedback practices that occur during conventional surgical residency training
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Deliberate Practice
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* performed less than 10 laparoscopic cholecystectomies as the primary surgeon
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
OTHER
Unity Health Toronto
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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Deliberate Practice
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id