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Assessment of the Transferability of Skills From Robotic to Laparoscopic Simulation Platforms
NCT02370407 · Johns Hopkins University · Updated 28 Aug 2017
- What is being tested
- a laparoscopic simulator (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), VT Medical Inc, Waltham, MA); Mimic da Vinci robotic simulator
- For
- Surgical Simulation Education
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages Not stated. About 40 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started Nov 2014, ends Dec 2015. Registered 24 Feb 2015.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 28 Aug 2017.
In the researchers' words
This is a randomized controlled trial that will randomize 40 surgical skill naive medical students to practice on a robotic simulator or laparoscopic simulator after first completing a baseline evaluation on both surgical simulation platforms. Medical students will be evaluated again after 10 practice sessions on the laparoscopic or robotic platforms to assess transferability of skills between the surgical simulation platforms.