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James, Hannah K. and Fawdington, Ross A. (2022) Freestyle deliberate practice cadaveric hand surgery simulation training for orthopedic residents : cohort study. JMIR Medical Education, 8 (2). e34791. doi:10.2196/34791 ISSN 2369-3762.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/34791
Abstract
Background:
Cadaveric simulation training may be part of the solution to reduced quantity and quality of operative surgical training in the modern climate. Cadaveric simulation allows the early part of the surgical learning curve to be moved away from patients into the laboratory, and there is a growing body of evidence that it may be an effective adjunct to traditional methods for training surgical residents. It is typically resource constrained as cadaveric material and facilities are expensive. Therefore, there is a need to be sure that any given cadaveric training intervention is maximally impactful. Deliberate practice (DP) theory as applied to cadaveric simulation training might enhance the educational impact.
Objective:
The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the impact of a freestyle DP cadaveric hand surgery simulation training intervention on self-reported operative confidence for 3 different procedures and (2) to assess the subjective transfer validity, perceived educational value, and simulation fidelity of the training.
Methods:
This study used validated questionnaires to assess the training impact on a cohort of orthopedic residents. The freestyle course structure allowed the residents to prospectively define personalized learning objectives, which were then addressed through DP. The study was conducted at Keele Anatomy and Surgical Training Centre, a medical school with an integrated cadaveric training laboratory in England, United Kingdom. A total of 22 orthopedic surgery residents of postgraduate year (PGY) 5-10 from 3 regional surgical training programs participated in this study.
Results:
The most junior (PGY 5-6) residents had the greatest self-reported confidence gains after training for the 3 procedures (distal radius open reduction internal fixation, flexor tendon repair, ulnar shortening osteotomy), and these gains diminished with resident seniority. The confidence gains were proportional to the perceived procedural complexity, with the most complex procedure having the lowest pretraining confidence score across all experience levels, and the greatest confidence increase in posttraining. Midstage (PGY 7-8) residents reported receiving the highest level of educational benefit from the training but perceived the simulation to be less realistic, compared to either the junior or senior residents. The most senior residents (PGY 9-10) reported the greatest satisfaction with the self-directed, freestyle nature of the training. All groups reported that they were extremely likely to transfer their technical skill gains to their workplace, that they would change their current practice based on these skills, and that their patients would benefit as a result of their having undertaken the training.
Conclusions:
Freestyle, resident-directed cadaveric simulation provides optimum DP conditions whereby residents can target their individualized learning needs. By receiving intensive, directed feedback from faculty, they can make rapid skill gains in a short amount of time. Subjective transfer validity potential from the training was very high, and objective, quantitative evidence of this is required from future work.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Surgeons -- Training of -- Simulation methods, Hand -- Surgery, Orthopedic surgery | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | JMIR Medical Education | ||||||
| Publisher: | JMIR Publications Inc. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2369-3762 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 29 June 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 8 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||||
| Article Number: | e34791 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.2196/34791 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 October 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 October 2022 | ||||||
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