Affordable laparoscopic simulator to acquire basic skills in undergraduate surgery students

Authors

  • Rodrigo Banegas-Ruiz Service of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, Rehabilitation Hospital, Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, CDMX, Mexico
  • Juan J. Granados-Romero General Surgery Department, General Hospital of Mexico, CDMX, Mexico
  • Alan I. Valderrama-Treviño Laboratory of Experimental Immunotherapy and Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, CDMX, Mexico
  • Carlos A. Méndez-Celis Laboratory of Experimental Immunotherapy and Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, CDMX, Mexico
  • Jesús C. Ceballos-Villalva Support Program and Promotion of Student Research (AFINES), Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
  • German E. Mendoza-Barrera Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy Campus, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Baltazar Barrera-Mera Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, CDMX, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20182807

Keywords:

Endotrainer, Laparoscopic surgery, Medical teaching, Medical students, Simulation, Undergraduate surgery

Abstract

Background: The simulation emerges as an option that allows students to practice in a safe environment, all this in a scenario that resembles the real situation.

Methods: We developed a prototype of a low-cost simulator that mimics the dimensions of the abdominal cavity and allows the undergraduate students to acquire the basic skills in minimally invasive surgery.

Results: In the 10 competencies evaluated, statistically significant improvement was found in both groups being higher in the students who were trained by our simulator of laparoscopic surgery compared with students who attended surgeries and participated as seconds assistants, taking as reference a value of p ≤0.05.

Conclusions: The simulation as new teaching strategy generates a real environment and scenarios that can be recreated in multiple occasions, being able to change depending on the objectives for the acquisition of skills. This simulator gives the user skills for more types of simulation as it progresses in its surgical training.

Author Biography

German E. Mendoza-Barrera, Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy Campus, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

 

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Published

2018-06-25

How to Cite

Banegas-Ruiz, R., Granados-Romero, J. J., Valderrama-Treviño, A. I., Méndez-Celis, C. A., Ceballos-Villalva, J. C., Mendoza-Barrera, G. E., & Barrera-Mera, B. (2018). Affordable laparoscopic simulator to acquire basic skills in undergraduate surgery students. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 6(7), 2222–2226. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20182807

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