[Control study on colonoscopy skills acquiring from endoscopic simulation system transfering to patients].

OBJECTIVE

To explore the feasibility of transferring the skills from the AccuTouch flexible endoscopy simulator colonoscopy training to clinical practices.

METHODS

The novice colonoscopies were divided into 2 groups.Group A (control group) including 4 trainees for traditional training, Group B (experimental group) including 4 trainees for simulator training. After training, we compared the number of cases for achieving independent competence, assisted competence and incompetence in the first ten patients.

RESULTS

No significant differences existed between two groups in terms of age and gender (both P > 0.05). Significant differences existed in educational background and the controlled group was better than the experimental group (Z = -2.005, P = 0.04). The cases of independent completion, assisted competence and incompetence of the control and experimental groups were 2, 4, 9 and 21, 29, 15 respectively. Rank tests show that the simulator training was better than the traditional counterpart (average rank: 56.14 vs 24.86, Z = -6.393, P = 0.00).

CONCLUSIONS

The skills acquired from AccuTouch Endoscopy Simulator may be well transferred into the clinical colonoscopy environment. It clearly supports the scheme of integrating simulator training into colonoscopic education curricula.