1567 DOES VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE CORRELATE WITH CLINICAL SKILLS IN ROBOTICS? INVESTIGATING CONCURRENT VALIDITY OF DA VINCI SIMULATION WITH CLINICAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

and 13 subjects in Group II (6 male/7 female). Mean scores on the PAT were 43.0% in Group I and 67.5% in Group II (p 0.001). Mean scores on the simulator were significantly higher for Group II than Group I on 4 of the scoring metrics (time to completion, economy of motion, excessive instrument force, work space range) and showed a statistical trend toward significant superiority on the remaining 3 metrics, including overall score. (Table 1) CONCLUSIONS: Group II outperformed Group I on all measured scoring metrics on the daVinci Skills Simulator, with differences in 4 out of 7 metrics achieving statistical significance. Increased spatial visualization ability as measured using the PAT correlated with better performance on the da Vinci Skills Simulator for novice robotic console users.