Non-inferiority Study Comparing daVinci Skills Simulator to Mimic dV-Trainer for Preparing Residents to Perform Live Human Surgery

Atlantic Health System

Overview

The objective of this study is to determine whether a group of resident physicians otherwise naïve to robotic surgery can demonstrate equal levels of proficiency during their first robotic supracervical hysterectomy having received training either with the Mimic dV-Trainer or the daVinci Skills Simulator.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Conditions

Simulation for Preparation of Robotic Surgery

Interventions

Mimic dv-TrainerOTHER

daVinci Skills SimulatorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Obstetrics and gynecology or general surgery residents in ACGME accredited programs naïve to robotic surgery training * Completion of the online orientation to daVinci Surgical System Exclusion Criteria: * Performance of any robotic surgical procedures as the console surgeon * Performance of any robotic simulator protocols * Any significant amount of time spent on a virtual reality robotic simulator

Locations (1)

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Operative Time

Operative time will be measured by time elapsed between first grasp of the uterine fundus with the robotic single tooth tenaculum until amputation of the specimen at the internal cervical os.

Time frame: at time of supracervical hysterectomy

Secondary Outcomes

Estimated Blood Loss

As measured by the blood suctioned into the canister throughout the hysterectomy and at the end of the amputation discounting irrigation volume.

Time frame: during the surgical procedure

Surgical Skill Rating

As measured by the global assessment tool for evaluation of intraoperative laparoscopic skills (GOALS) tool via video assessment. These ratings will be performed by a group of surgeons who are not involved in the study and are masked as to the identity of the study surgeons.

Time frame: following completion of the procedure

Continued success with robotic surgery after participation in the study

The number of cases each participating resident performs as primary surgeon the 12 months after completion of the study will be recorded

Time frame: during the 12 months following surgical procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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