The effect of repeated full immersion simulation training in ureterorenoscopy on mental workload of novice operators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Difficult surgical procedures may result in a higher mental workload, leading to increased fatigue and subsequent errors. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of repeated simulation training in ureterorenoscopy in a high-fidelity setting on the performance and mental workload of novice operators.

Methods

Medical students voluntarily participated in the present simulation study. After a didactic and video-based lecture, they underwent simulation training involving a renal stone case, including a rigid cystoscope component (task 1, performing a WHO checklist, assembling a scope, and insertion of a guide-wire and an access sheath after examining the bladder) and a flexible ureterorenoscope component (task 2, retrieving a stone located in the upper calyx usi

SUBMITTER: Abe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704721 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature