Escoto Abelardo, Trejos Ana Luisa, Naish Michael D, Patel Rajni V, Lebel Marie-Eve
CSTAR, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2012;173:129-35.
The complexity of knee arthroscopy makes it difficult to teach and assess skill level during real surgery. Simulator-based training is ideal for this complex procedure. To address the limitations of existing systems, a physical simulator, capable of providing skills assessment and feedback has been developed. The simulator measures the forces applied on the femur and acting on the tools. An experimental evaluation was conducted to assess the differences in task completion time and applied forces for fourteen tasks performed by trainees and expert surgeons. Initial results show that the simulator, together with well-chosen tasks, can potentially be used to assess user performance.
膝关节镜检查的复杂性使得在实际手术过程中进行教学和评估技能水平变得困难。基于模拟器的训练对于这种复杂手术来说是理想的。为了解决现有系统的局限性，已开发出一种能够提供技能评估和反馈的物理模拟器。该模拟器可测量施加在股骨上以及作用于工具的力。进行了一项实验评估，以评估学员和专家外科医生执行的14项任务在任务完成时间和施加力方面的差异。初步结果表明，该模拟器与精心挑选的任务相结合，有可能用于评估用户表现。
