Key result
A 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop improves novice suturing completion to ~86% and increases full-thickness sutures.
Why the study?
The study aimed to develop a contributive workshop program and evaluate its impact on young pediatric surgeons.
Does a 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop improve objective surgical skills and self-assessed confidence in novice pediatric surgeons?
Does a 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop improve objective surgical skills and self-assessed confidence in novice pediatric surgeons?
A 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop significantly improved objective suturing skills and self-confidence among novice pediatric surgeons.
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Short workshops may aid novice skill acquisition; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized validation before practice change.
Background: Japanese pediatric endosurgery experts conducted a workshop for young pediatric surgeons in Russia in collaboration with Russian expert pediatric surgeons. This study was aimed to develop a contributive workshop program and evaluate its impact on young pediatric surgeons. Methods: A 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop was held in Moscow in February 2020. After conducting a needs assessment survey, Japanese and Russian faculties developed the workshop contents, including pre- and postworkshop skills assessments, lectures, and hands-on training. Skills assessments were performed using the objective skill validation system, the “A-Lap Mini,” mimicking intestinal anastomosis. The trainees self-evaluated their knowledge and skills using a five-point scale. Results: Fifteen novice trainee participated and 14 (93.3%) completed the workshop program. The completion rate for the suturing task before and after the workshop was 40.0% (6/15) and 85.7% (12/14), respectively. The following five skill evaluation criteria, which were objectively evaluated: performance time changed from 751.6 ± 247.1 seconds to 780.0 ± 313.3 seconds ( P > .05), number of full-thickness sutures improved from 1.0 ± 1.41 to 2.64 ± 0.84 ( P = .003), area of wound-opening changed from 0.42 ± 0.83 mm 2 to 0.53 ± 1.13 mm 2 ( P > .05), suture tension improved from 55.48% ± 19.51% to 61.95% ± 23.91% ( P > .05), and maximum air leakage pressure improved from 3.76 ± 2.11 kPa to 8.42 ± 7.68 kPa ( P > .05). Regarding the self-assessed questionnaire administered before and after the workshop, the confidence in endosurgery skills significantly improved as follows: forceps manipulation ability improved from 2.7 to 3.7 ( P < .05), and suturing performance improved from 2.5 to 3.6 ( P < .05). The usefulness of the workshop for clinical surgery was scored at 4.3. Conclusions: Quantitative skill evaluation with an automatic feedback function was useful for endosurgery training. Delivering feedback concerning the assessment results to the trainee helps them to determine the specific training requirements needed for clinical endosurgery.
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Ogawa et al. (2022) studied Pediatric surgery training (n=15). Pediatric endosurgery workshop vs. Pre-workshop baseline was evaluated on Completion rate for the suturing task. A 2-day pediatric endosurgery workshop improved the suturing task completion rate among novice trainees from 40.0% to 85.7% and significantly increased the number of full-thickness sutures (P=0.003).
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