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Journal Article
Game-based training improves the surgeon’s situational awareness in the operation room: a randomized controlled trial
2017
Overview
Background
Equipment-related malfunctions directly relate to one-fourth of the adverse events in the surgical theater. A serious game trains residents to recognize and respond to equipment problems in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). These include disturbed vision, gas transport, electrocautery, and pathophysiological disturbances. This randomized controlled trial explores whether game-based training improves surgical residents’ response to equipment-related problems during surgery.
Methods
Thirty-one surgical residents with no previous experience in MIS took part in a standardized basic laparoscopy training course. Fifteen residents were randomly assigned to the game-enhanced curriculum (intervention) and sixteen were assigned to the regular curriculum (control). Participants performed a MIS task in a live anesthetized pig model, during which three standardized equipment malfunction scenarios occurred. Observers recorded the problems recognized and solved, time, and participants’ technical performance.
Results
Twenty-four participants completed the post-test (
n
= 12 per group). The intervention group solved more problems than the control group (59 vs. 33%,
p
= 0.029). The intervention group also recognized a larger proportion of problems, although this parameter was non-significant (67 vs. 42%,
p
= 0.14). Random effects modeling showed a significant improved game performance per participant over time.
Conclusions
Surgical residents, who play for only 1 h on a custom-made serious game, respond significantly better to equipment-related problems during surgery than residents trained by a standard training curriculum. These results imply that entertaining serious games can indeed be considered for use in official training for surgeons and other medical specialists.
Publisher
Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
