Trial reportPloS one2020
Proficiency based progression simulation training significantly reduces utility strikes; A prospective, randomized and blinded study.
Trial report in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Proficiency-based training and evidence-based methodology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- The contribution of personalized video feedback to robotic partial nephrectomy training in realistic 3D tumor kidney models: design, production and implementation.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Simulated cardiopulmonary bypass: a high fidelity model for developing and accessing clinical perfusion skills.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2024Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated a simulation-based training curriculum with quantitatively defined performance benchmarks for utility workers location and excavation of utility services.
backgroundDamaging buried utilities is associated with considerable safety risks to workers and substantial cost to employers.
methodsIn a prospective, randomized and blinded study we assessed the impact of Proficiency Based Progression (PBP) simulation training on the location and excavation of utility services work.
resultsPBP simulation training reduced performance errors (33%, p = 0.006) in comparison a standard trained group. When implemented across all workers in the same division there was a 35-61% reduction in utility strikes (p = 0.028) and an estimated cost saving of £116,000 -£2,175,000 in the 12 months (47,000 work hours) studied.
conclusionsThe magnitude of the training benefit of PBP simulation training in the utilities sector appears to be the same as it is in surgery, cardiology and procedure-based medicine. APPLICATION: Quality-assured utility worker simulation training significantly reduces utility damage and associated costs.
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