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ReviewSurgical endoscopy2022

Optimizing laparoscopic training efficacy by 'deconstruction into key steps': a randomized controlled trial with novice medical students.

A Widder, J Backhaus, A Wierlemann, I Hering, S Flemming, M Hankir, C-T Germer, A Wiegering, J F Lock, S König and 1 more

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Review in Surgical endoscopy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

A Widder *Department of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany. widder_a@ukw.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6902-4236
J Backhaus *Institute of Medical Teaching and Medical Education Research, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany. backhaus_j@ukw.de.
A WierlemannDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
I HeringDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
S FlemmingDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
M HankirDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
C-T GermerDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
A WiegeringDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
J F LockDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
S KönigInstitute of Medical Teaching and Medical Education Research, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
F SeyfriedDepartment of General-, Visceral-, Transplant-, Vascular- and Pediatric Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine (ZOM), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSimulator training is an effective way of acquiring laparoscopic skills but there remains a need to optimize teaching methods to accelerate learning. We evaluated the effect of the mental exercise 'deconstruction into key steps' (DIKS) on the time required to acquire laparoscopic skills.

methodsA randomized controlled trial with undergraduate medical students was implemented into a structured curricular laparoscopic training course. The intervention group (IG) was trained using the DIKS approach, while the control group (CG) underwent the standard course. Laparoscopic performance of all participants was video-recorded at baseline (t

resultsBoth the IG (n = 58) and the CG (n = 68) improved their performance after each training session (p < 0.001) but with notable differences between sessions. Whereas the CG significantly improved their performance from t

conclusionMental exercises like DIKS can improve laparoscopic performance and shorten practice times. Given the limited exposure of surgical residents to simulator training, implementation of mental exercises like DIKS is highly recommended. Gender, self-assessed dexterity, and motivation all appreciably influence performance in laparoscopic training.

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LaparoscopyStudents, MedicalClinical CompetenceFemaleHumansMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesDeconstruction into key stepsLaparoscopic courseLaparoscopic skillsTeaching methods

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