Surgical simulation-based training in arthroscopy: An emerging paradigm shift (Healio)
With advances in medical technology and changes in the health care system, the way residents are being trained has shifted from a traditional master/apprentice model to one of proficiency-based progression training plus simulation.
“The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in 2013 stated that every orthopedic training institution must incorporate some form of surgical skills training in their curricula, whether it is something as straightforward as a cadaver lab, or low fidelity simulation such as a knot tying board, or, as technology improves and costs come down, high fidelity simulation,” W. Dilworth Cannon, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, told Orthopedics Today.
During the past 3 years, the Arthroscopy Association of North America has focused on evaluating surgical simulation-based training in arthroscopy, which requires proficiency-based progression, and comparing it to the current standard training. According to Anthony G. Gallagher, PhD, DSc, the research, which will be published later this year, showed promising results in favor of simulat...
