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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedThomas GW, Long S, Tatum M
A vision for using simulation & virtual coaching to improve the community practice of orthopedic trauma surgery.
In this paper, a vision is presented to elevate community orthopedic practice and improve patient safety by advancing the use of simulators for training and assessing surgical skills. Key elements of this vision included 1) methods for the objective and rigorous assessment of the performance of practicing surgeons now exist, 2) simulators are sufficiently mature and sophisticated that practicing surgeons will use them, and 3) practicing surgeons can improve their performance with appropriate feedback and coaching.
AHRQ-funded; HS022077; HS025353.
Citation: Thomas GW, Long S, Tatum M .
A vision for using simulation & virtual coaching to improve the community practice of orthopedic trauma surgery.
Iowa Orthop J 2020;40(1):25-34..
Keywords: Orthopedics, Surgery, Simulation, Training, Provider: Physician, Provider
Long SA, Thomas G, Karam MD
Do skills acquired from training with a wire navigation simulator transfer to a mock operating room environment?
This study compared performance of residents getting traditional and simulation orthopedic surgery training at three medical centers: University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic. All residents first received traditional training in how to treat an intertrochanteric fracture. Then the groups were divided up with two groups getting additional simulated-based training and another group getting proficiency training for specific components of wire navigation. The two simulation-based training groups performed better in lower tip-apex distance than the traditional training group. Residents in the proficiency training group used more images than the other groups.
AHRQ-funded; HS022077; HS025353.
Citation: Long SA, Thomas G, Karam MD .
Do skills acquired from training with a wire navigation simulator transfer to a mock operating room environment?
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2019 Oct;477(10):2189-98. doi: 10.1097/corr.0000000000000799..
Keywords: Simulation, Training, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Surgery, Orthopedics
Long S, Thomas GW, Anderson DD
An extensible orthopaedic wire navigation simulation platform.
The demand for simulation-based skills training in orthopaedics is steadily growing. Wire navigation, or the ability to use 2D images to place an implant through a specified path in bone, is an area of training that has been difficult to simulate given its reliance on radiation based fluoroscopy. The investigators group previously presented on the development of a wire navigation simulator for a hip fracture module. In this paper, they present a new methodology for extending the simulator to other surgical applications of wire navigation.
AHRQ-funded; HS022077; HS025353.
Citation: Long S, Thomas GW, Anderson DD .
An extensible orthopaedic wire navigation simulation platform.
J Med Device 2019 Sep;13(3):031001-310017. doi: 10.1115/1.4043461..
Keywords: Orthopedics, Simulation, Training, Surgery, Education: Continuing Medical Education