• Surgical endoscopy · Aug 2015

    Enhanced recovery simulation in colorectal surgery: design of virtual online patients.

    • Laura Beyer-Berjot, Vishal Patel, Paul Ziprin, Dave Taylor, Stéphane Berdah, Ara Darzi, and Rajesh Aggarwal.
    • Department of Surgery and Cancer, St. Mary's Campus, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, laura.beyer@ap-hm.fr.
    • Surg Endosc. 2015 Aug 1; 29 (8): 2270-7.

    BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to design virtual patients (VP) involving enhanced recovery programs (ERP) in colorectal surgery, in order to train surgical residents in peri-operative care. Indeed, ERP have changed perioperative care and improved patients outcomes in colorectal surgery. Training, using online VP with different pre- and post-operative cases, may increase implementation of ERP.MethodsPre- and post-operative cases were built in the virtual world of Second Life™ according to a linear string design method. All pre- and post-operative cases were storyboarded by a colorectal surgeon in accordance with guidelines in both ERP and colorectal surgery, and reviewed by an expert in colorectal surgery.ResultsFour pre-operative and five post-operative cases of VP undergoing colorectal surgery were designed, including both simple and complex cases. Comments were provided through case progression to allow autonomic practice (such as "prescribed", "this is not useful" or "the consultant does not agree with your decision"). Pre-operative cases involved knowledge in colorectal diseases and ERP such as pre-operative counseling, medical review, absence of bowel preparation in colonic surgery, absence of fasting, minimal length incision, and discharge plan. Post-operative cases involved uneventful and complicated outcomes in order to train in both simple implementation of ERP (absence of nasogastric tube, epidural analgesia, early use of oral analgesia, perioperative nutrition, early mobilization) and decision making for more complex cases.ConclusionVirtual colorectal patients have been developed to train in ERP through pre- and post-operative cases. Such patients could be included in a whole pathway care training involving technical and non-technical skills.

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