Teaching surgical skills: What kind of practice makes perfect? A randomized, controlled trial
Teaching surgical skills: What kind of practice makes perfect? A randomized, controlled trial
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DOI:
10.1097/01.sla.0000234808.85789.6a
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发表时间:
2006-09-01
影响因子:
9
通讯作者:
Reznick, Richard
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作者:
Moulton, Carol-Anne E.;Dubrowski, Adam;Reznick, Richard
Objective: Surgical skills laboratories have become an important venue for early skill acquisition. The principles that govern training in this novel educational environment remain largely unknown; the commonest method of training, especially for continuing medical education (CME), is a single multihour event. This study addresses the impact of an alternative method, where learning is distributed over a number of training sessions. The acquisition and transfer of a new skill to a life-like model is assessed.Methods: Thirty-eight junior surgical residents, randomly assigned to either massed (1 day) or distributed (weekly) practice regimens, were taught a new skill (microvascular anastomosis). Each group spent the same amount of time in practice. Performance was assessed pretraining, immediately post-training, and 1 month posttraining. The ultimate test of anastomotic skill was assessed with a transfer test to a live, anesthetized rat. Previously validated computer-based and expert-based outcome measures were used. In addition, clinically relevant outcomes were assessed.Results: Both groups showed immediate improvement in performance, but the distributed group performed significantly better on the retention test in most outcome measures (time, number of hand movements, and expert global ratings; all P values