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WCE 2011 - High fidelity team-based simulation training: Laparoscopic renal vein injury scenario - Session Highlights

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - Applying simulation-based training at the team level has also gained significant interest, as optimized technical and non-technical (communication) skills are crucial in improving patient care outcomes, particularly during crisis situations in the operating room.

Urologists from California evaluated the implementation of a high-fidelity simulation-based team training scenario involving both urology and anesthesiology residents in the management of a laparoscopic renal vein injury. They found that while technical skills correlated with level of training, communication skills did not.

Residents and faculty members both felt that this was a useful instruction method to teach both technical skills as well as communication and interpersonal skills.

 

 

Presented by Jordan Siegel at the 29th World Congress of Endourology & SWL (WCE) - November 30 - December 3, 2011 - Kyoto International Conference Center - Kyoto, Japan


Reported for UroToday by Jason Y. Lee, MD, FRCSC, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada


 

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the UroToday.com Contributing Medical Editor and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the Endourological Society.


 



 

 



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