Medical University of Warsaw ul. Żwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
Surgeon. 2023 Dec;21(6):351-355. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2023.03.005. Epub 2023 Apr 15.
Commercial laparoscopic simulators are costly and with limited accessibility. For this reason, medical students very often do not have an easy access to laparoscopic training important for their practical skills development.
Using materials available at a standard hardware store we managed to construct a laparoscopic training box with four eye-hand coordination modules that could substitute commercial solutions. In this work we provide a detailed instructions on creating such a training box. Moreover, to evaluate the functionality of our simulator we conducted a survey of students who were provided training using commercial box trainer and our homemade box trainer.
Students considered our homemade laparoscopic training box to be of comparable quality to the commercial solution. All of the surveyed students considered training using a low cost laparoscopic training box to be a positive experience.
Our homemade low cost laparoscopic simulator is relatively easy to construct and was deemed noninferior to the commercial laparoscopic simulator by surveyed students. Such type of laparoscopic simulators could enhance access to laparoscopic training for medical students.
商业腹腔镜模拟器价格昂贵，且可及性有限。因此，医学生通常很难接触到对他们实践技能发展很重要的腹腔镜培训。
我们使用标准五金店提供的材料，成功构建了一个带有四个眼手协调模块的腹腔镜培训箱，可以替代商业解决方案。在这项工作中，我们提供了创建这种培训箱的详细说明。此外，为了评估我们模拟器的功能，我们对使用商业箱式训练器和我们自制箱式训练器进行培训的学生进行了调查。
学生认为我们自制的腹腔镜培训箱与商业解决方案具有相当的质量。所有接受调查的学生都认为使用低成本腹腔镜培训箱进行培训是一种积极的体验。
我们自制的低成本腹腔镜模拟器相对容易构建，并且被接受调查的学生认为与商业腹腔镜模拟器相比没有差异。这种类型的腹腔镜模拟器可以增加医学生进行腹腔镜培训的机会。
