The purpose of this study is to compare between two groups of residents with basic arthroscopic skills in diagnostic knee arthroscopy. The first group will train on a knee arthroscopic simulator in a lab, and the second group will perform diagnostic knee arthroscopy in the operating room. Both groups will be assessed by senior arthroscopy surgeon in the operating room based on selected competencies following the Global Rating System.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Training in a lab on a virtual reality knee arthroscopy simulator
Training on diagnostic knee arthroscopy in the OR
Sheba Tel Hashomer
Ramat Gan, Israel
Global rating scale
About 3 months will be needed for both study arms to complete the training in the arthroscopy lab and in the OR. Then, both will be assessed by the global rating scale for arthroscopy.
Time frame: completion of training
simulator parameters
Secondary outcome measures are technical parameters provided by the simulator for each trainee. At the end of the training sessions, about 3 months from the beginning of the study, this parameters can be collected.
Time frame: Completion of training
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