Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
5th Year MBBS Student, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Jul;74(7):1316-1320. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.10049.
Adequate cardiothoracic surgical training is essential for provision of quality care to patients. In recent years, simulation-based training has been advocated as an adjunct to traditional surgical training. Advances in simulation technology has resulted in many low- and highfidelity simulators being employed in cardiothoracic surgical training. Such models allow trainees to practice an array of realistic full-length procedures in a safe and controlled environment, with the window to make mistakes and consider them learning points. There is significant evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of cardiothoracic surgery simulation in improving surgical skills and operating room performances in addition to building confidence among trainees. However, owing to the high financial cost of arranging it, simulation-based training is not widespread in low- and middle-income countries, including Pakistan. More work is warranted on the cost effectiveness of implementing simulation-based learning, which, in turn, would increase the uptake of simulation to enhance cardiothoracic surgical training in Pakistan.
充足的心胸外科培训对于为患者提供高质量的护理至关重要。近年来，模拟培训已被提倡作为传统外科培训的辅助手段。模拟技术的进步使得许多低和高保真模拟器被应用于心胸外科培训中。这些模型允许学员在安全和可控的环境中练习一系列真实的全长手术，学员有犯错和将错误视为学习点的机会。有大量证据表明，心胸外科手术模拟在提高手术技能和手术室表现以及增强学员信心方面是有效的。然而，由于安排模拟培训的费用很高，包括巴基斯坦在内的低收入和中等收入国家并没有广泛开展基于模拟的培训。需要更多关于实施基于模拟学习的成本效益的工作，这反过来又会增加模拟的采用，以加强巴基斯坦的心胸外科培训。
