Journal of surgical education
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Comparative Study
Bringing the skills laboratory home: an affordable webcam-based personal trainer for developing laparoscopic skills.
The purpose of this work was to develop a more flexible system of laparoscopic surgery training with demonstrated effectiveness and construct validity. ⋯ A low-cost personal laparoscopic training device can be built by individual residents. With their use, residents can significantly improve performance in important surgical skills. Evaluation of the system supports its validity.
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Comparative Study
A deficiency in knowledge of basic principles of laparoscopy among attendees of an advanced laparoscopic surgery course.
Advanced laparoscopic courses serve as a comprehensive and popular Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity. Knowledge of basic laparoscopy is an assumed prerequisite for attendance at these courses. ⋯ Basic laparoscopic knowledge among the attendees of an advanced laparoscopic course is suboptimal. A review of basic principles of laparoscopy particularly pertaining to instrumentation and access should form part of these CME activities.