Contextual interference for skills development and transfer in laparoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial
- 03.01.2022
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Garrett G. R. J. Johnson
- Jason Park
- Ashley Vergis
- Lawrence M. Gillman
- Justin D. Rivard
- Erschienen in
- Surgical Endoscopy | Ausgabe 9/2022
Abstract
Introduction
Past education literature has shown benefits for random practice schedules (termed contextual interference) for skills retention and transfer to novel tasks. The purpose of fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) training is to develop skills in simulation and transfer to new in vivo intraoperative experiences. The study objective was to assess whether individuals trained over a fixed number of trials in the FLS tasks would outperform untrained controls on an unpracticed previously validated bile duct cannulation task and scoring system and to determine whether random training schedules conferred any relative advantage.
Methods
44 trainees with no laparoscopic experience were recruited to participate. 35 were randomized to practice the FLS tasks using either a blocked or random training schedule. Nine were randomized to no additional training (controls). Participant performance was measured throughout training to monitor skills acquisition and were then tested on an unpracticed bile duct cannulation simulation task 4 to 6 weeks later. Outcomes included previously validated FLS scores and hand–motion analyses.
Results
All 44 participants completed the study. Trained individuals in both groups showed significant improvements in all FLS tasks after training. There were no differences between groups in performance on the cannulation task median scores (Blocked: 89.8 [IQR:37.6]; Random: 83.2 [32.3]; Control: 83.6 [19.1]; p = 0.955), number of hand motions (Blocked: 42.5 [IQR:130.3]; Random: 75.3 [111.3]; Control: 63.0 [71.8]; p = 0.912), or distance traveled by participants hands (Blocked: 2.0 m [IQR:5.8]; Random: 3.8 [8.9]; Control: 2.6 [2.5]; p = 0.816). Cannulation task performance had no correlation with total FLS performance, R2 linear = 0.014, p = 0.445.
Conclusions
Skills acquired from conventional FLS tasks did not effectively transfer to a laparoscopic bile duct cannulation task. Neither blocked nor random practice schedules conferred a relative advantage. These findings provide evidence that cannulation is a distinct skill from what is taught and assessed in FLS.
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- Titel
- Contextual interference for skills development and transfer in laparoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial
- Verfasst von
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Garrett G. R. J. Johnson
Jason Park
Ashley Vergis
Lawrence M. Gillman
Justin D. Rivard
- Publikationsdatum
- 03.01.2022
- Verlag
- Springer US
- Erschienen in
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Surgical Endoscopy / Ausgabe 9/2022
Print ISSN: 1866-6817
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2218 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08946-5
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