Numerous studies confirm: Coaching improves performance scores in Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) or Objective structured assessment of technical skill (OSATS). However, one-to-one coaching in the operating room is time consuming, and costly. It is also performed on real patients where complication management cannot be trained.
Structured video-assisted coaching outside the operation room offers a valuable supplement to the traditional surgical training.
In a study analyzing 54 video sequences and published in Surgical Endoscopy, Dimitrios Chatziisaak et al. demonstrated that young surgeons improved surgical performance in complex, stress-eluting tasks like laparoscopic bleeding control. These findings further encourage the incorporation of this additional approach into future surgical training curricula.
Modernizing surgical training is not only essential with regards to efficiency and cost effectiveness. It is also an investment into safety, demand for proficiency, evidence-based surgical performance, standardization, and personalized training of surgical residents.
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