Structured Simulation Training for Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Skills in Thoracic Surgery Residents

NCT ID: NCT07268950

Last Updated: 2025-12-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 19 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2026-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2027-05-01

Brief Summary

This study aims to improve basic laparoscopic and thoracoscopic skills in thoracic surgery residents and rotating surgical residents through a structured simulation-based training program. Participants will complete hands-on practice sessions using box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues in a controlled, non-patient setting.

Before and after the training, participants will complete self-assessment surveys and a standardized technical skills evaluation (OSATS). The study will compare these results to measure changes in technical performance, confidence, and learning needs. No real patients, live animals, or clinical procedures are involved, and there are no expected medical risks.

The goal of this study is to determine whether structured simulation training is effective, practical, and acceptable for surgical education, and whether it can support safer transition to real operating room experience in the future.

Conditions

Surgical Education; Simulation-based Training; Resident Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Structured Simulation Training

Participants will undergo a standardized simulation-based training program designed to develop laparoscopic and thoracoscopic technical skills. Training includes camera navigation, tissue dissection, stapling, and suturing tasks performed on box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues in a controlled laboratory setting. All participants complete baseline (pre-training) and post-training evaluations using OSATS scoring, self-assessment surveys, and performance timing. No clinical procedures, live animals, or patient interactions occur during the study.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Structured Simulation-Based Surgical Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants will complete a structured simulation-based training curriculum designed to improve fundamental laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgical skills. The program includes standardized modules on camera navigation, tissue handling, dissection, stapling, and suturing, performed on box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues. Training occurs in a controlled laboratory environment with faculty supervision and predefined performance goals. No real patients, clinical procedures, or live animals are involved. All participants undergo pre- and post-training performance assessment using OSATS scoring, task completion time, and self-evaluation surveys.

Interventions

Structured Simulation-Based Surgical Training

Participants will complete a structured simulation-based training curriculum designed to improve fundamental laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgical skills. The program includes standardized modules on camera navigation, tissue handling, dissection, stapling, and suturing, performed on box trainers, artificial models, and bovine tissues. Training occurs in a controlled laboratory environment with faculty supervision and predefined performance goals. No real patients, clinical procedures, or live animals are involved. All participants undergo pre- and post-training performance assessment using OSATS scoring, task completion time, and self-evaluation surveys.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Component-Based Laparoscopic-Thoracoscopic Training; Simulation Skills Curriculum

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Thoracic surgery residents OR rotating general surgery/cardiovascular surgery residents
• Age ≥18 years
• Actively enrolled in an accredited residency training program
• Willingness to participate in hands-on simulation training
• Ability to provide informed consent
• Able to complete video-recorded performance assessments

Exclusion Criteria

• Prior advanced laparoscopic or thoracoscopic fellowship training
• Inability to safely handle surgical instruments (e.g., significant musculoskeletal limitation)
• Previous participation in a similar structured simulation program within the past 12 months
• Declines consent or withdraws participation
• Unable to attend required training and assessment sessions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ondokuz Mayıs University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Caner İşevi, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Ondokuz Mayis University Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Samsun, Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

B.30.2.ODM.0.20.08/498

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id