Influence of computerized simulated training on learning curve of surgical performance of phacoemulsification in residents at the Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes
Francisco Alvarado B
APEC Hospital, México
: Int J Ophthalmic Pathol
Abstract
Objective: To determine if the time of training on the ophthalmic surgical simulator improves the learning curve of residents acquiring phacoemulsification skills. Materials & Methods: Prospective, experimental and comparative study was performed in the teaching department at Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en México, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes. Sixteen students were evaluated: with training course of 6, 12 and 18 hours with the EYESi® ophthalmic surgery simulator. The exams presented to the students, comprised the following 5 exercises: capsulorhexis, hydrodelamination-hydrodissection, phacoemulsification, irrigation/aspiration of cortical residues and placement of the intraocular lens. The maximum grade was 500 points (100 per exercise) and each student took the same test at least twice. Results: The initial and final exams of 15 students were analysed. There were statistically significant differences in surgical performance (P=0.039). Conclusions: The training of students with the EYESi® ophthalmic surgical simulator has positive effects on the learning curve and that effect correlated positively and significantly with the number of sessions attended starting at a minimum of 6 hours.
Biography
Francisco Alvarado B is a Surgical Instructor of residents at wet-lab in “Asociacion Para Evitar la Ceguera en México, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes” in México City. He used the simulator EyeSi for training resident´s in Ophthalmology. He is a speaker at different congresses of Human and Veterinary Medicine on Ophthalmology and has performed surgeries in ophthalmology in exotic and conventional animals: phacoemulsification in a tiger, dogs and cats.
