Tag: surgical skills

Study: Video-based assessment shows promise for assessing non-technical surgical skills

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Editor's Note Automated surgical video analysis could enhance evaluation of an OR team’s nontechnical skills, according to a study published July 31 in JAMA Network Open. Conducted between January 2021 and May 2022, the cross-sectional study involved 30 cardiovascular surgical teams at a teaching hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Using OpenPose,…

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By: Matt Danford
August 1, 2024
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How gamification improves OR training, outcomes

Takeaways From mobile phone apps to immersive virtual reality surgery experiences, digital tools make healthcare training more interactive, more engaging, and more fun for everyone from nurses to surgeons. Modern procedures—including minimally invasive techniques and robotic surgery—require 50 to 100 cases for a surgeon to reach a safe proficiency level…

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By: Brita Belli
March 22, 2024
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Automatic surgical skill assessment using AI

Editor's Note This Japanese study finds that an automatic surgical skill assessment with artificial intelligence (AI) is more objective than a manual video review-based skill assessment, and it can reduce the time consuming and labor intensive human burden of manual review.. A total of 120 intraoperative videos of laparoscopic colorectal…

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By: Judy Mathias
June 7, 2023
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