Impact of Left-Handed Tailored Endoscopic Mitral Simulation Training on Skill Acquisition for Left-handed Surgeons
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Endoscopic annular suture placement guided by left handed instructor.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cardiac Surgery, Training, Suture, Left-handed. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Portugal
- Next step
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Overview
Study Characteristics and Structure are as follows: All Left-handed cardiac surgeons and residents attending the 2024 EACTS annual meeting (october 2024) are invited to any of the 3-day 8-endoscopic sessions as part of this study trial. The Left-handed cardiac surgeons and residents may participte in any of the sessions which best fits their schedule. Time frame includes all three days of endoscopic simulation sessions as walk-ins according to the availability of each surgeon. The exclusion criteria will be experienced endoscopic left-handed surgeons who are already experts. Left-handed surgeons will be randomized to either the standard right-handed guided simulation training session or to a Left-handed tailored simulation session. Study Intervention: Left-handed surgeons and residents will be randomized to either a 2-hour Left-handed tailored-guided session (Group 1) or a standard right-handed guided 2-hour endoscopic simulation training session (Group 2). Setting: EACTS 2024 annual meeting (october 2024 - 3-day convention) Group 1 will be guided by a left-handed intructor using Left-handed endoscopic suture maps Group 2 will be guided by a right-handed intructor using Standard right-handed suture maps Pre-course tests will evaluate accuracy and time of endoscopic suture placement in comparison to post-course tests to assess improvements. Pre-session assessments will be carried out evaluating endoscopic suture placement accuracy and time to suture placement. These include: 1. Time to suture placement under \<60 seconds 2. Accuracy of suture placement considered to be between 2-8 mm 3. Suture placement locations will be both Anterior and Posterior annular placements Post-skills sessions assessment: finalizing the 2-hour workshop the participants will be asked to repeat both the anterior and posterior annular endoscopic suture placement. Final study evaluations and delta time comparisons will be performed to determine if Left-handed surgeons guided by left-handed surgeons outperform or at least fair better then when guided by right-handed instructors.
Detailed description
Determine if during endoscopic simulation training the pairing of LH surgeons with LH instructors will outperform LH surgeons guided by right-handed intructors.
Determine whether LH surgeons guided by right-handed instructors on simulation training fair worse against Right-handed to right handed simulation training.
We hypothesize that the pairing of same dexterity tailored training will improve endoscopic skill performance.
Interventions
- Procedure Endoscopic annular suture placement guided by left handed instructor
Endoscopic suture placement efficiency guided by left hamded instructors
Primary outcome measures
- Delta time difference of suture placement [Time frame: From the randomisation (start of the training) to the end of two-hours training]
- improvement in seconds taken to perform mitral suturing [Time frame: this will be performed during a two hour course]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Left handed cardiac surgeons and residents
Exclusion criteria
- experienced endoscopic left handed surgeons
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Portugal · 1 center
- EACTS ANNUAL MEETING AT Lisbon convention center — Portugal
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07533214 · 2024-0391