Teaching laparoscopic proctosigmoidectomy (LS) to residents: A comparison of a high fidelity synthetic model and live porcine model

Abstract

ETHODS: PGY 4 and 5 general surgery residents received a series f technical lectures on LS. Residents then performed LS using a high idelity synthetic plastic model (PM) under faculty supervision, folowed by LS in a live, step-based porcine model (LM). Residents were cored using one validated and one novel error scoring system, utiizing structured technical skills assessment to evaluate discrete proedural steps. Faculty and residents provided global scores for each odel.