Laparoscopic training of nonprocedural simulating in eight-year program clinical medical education

Abstract

Objective To explore the feasibility of nonprocedural laparoscopic training in 4th and 5th year of eight year medical student. Methods Nine eight-year program medical students were selected as student group. The other two groups were 5 volunteers age over 40 or below 18, belonged to younger and elder group separately. Nonprocedure simulation was used in these groups, 5 runs for each participant. The execution time, accuracy rate and maintenance of horizontal view time ratio were recorded and compared statistically. Results Before the training, the accuracy rate and the maintenance of horizontal view time ratio of the three groups were almost the same. Due to the duration time, the elder group was the longest, while the younger one was the shortest. There was a significants difference of these three groups. After the training, the execution time of the younger group was the shortest. Both the student group and the younger group reached the smooth area of learning curve. Conclusions Laparoscopic training can improve the lap-aroscopic skills of trainees of different ages. It is feasible to use nonprocedural simulation for eight-year pro-gram medical students. Key words: Laparoscopic simulating training; Nonprocudureal; Learning curves; Eight-year pro-gram medical education