Training outside of the operating room improves intern resident psychomotor skills on a validated ASSH tool.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Surgical Training and Educational Platform (STEP) was developed by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) as a cost-effective set of surgical simulation modules designed to represent critical psychomotor skills in hand surgery. We hypothesize that increased training on these training modules, even with limited supervision, would improve resident performance on psychomotor skills.

Design

Baseline evaluation was conducted on four psychomotor skills to simulate surgical tasks: lag screw fixation, depth of plunge, skin graft harvest, and wrist arthroscopy. One-third of them received limited supervised training for one month and two-thirds did not (control). After the training period both groups were re-evaluated and their performance was analysed.

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SUBMITTER: Zhang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature