One of the greatest challenges in veterinary education is adequately preparing students with
the clinical skills they need to be successful health care providers. Integration of simulators …

The assessment of surgical technical skills to be acquired by novice surgeons has been
traditionally done by an expert surgeon and is therefore of a subjective nature. Nevertheless …

Background Our aim was to characterize the motions of multiple laparoscopic surgical
instruments among participants with different levels of surgical experience in a series of wet …

Background The determination of surgeons' psychomotor skills in minimally invasive surgery
techniques is one of the major concerns of the programs of surgical training in several …

Introduction: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) suturing demands advanced surgical skills.
Therefore, it is important these skills are adequately trained and assessed. Assessment and …

Introduction In laparoscopic surgery, looking in the target areas is an indicator of proficiency.
However, gaze behaviors revealing feedforward control (ie, looking ahead) and their …

Objectives To test the feasibility of a new device for gasless laparoscopy in providing
working space for diaphragmatic hernia repair in an ex vivo canine model as a pre‐clinical …

Purpose: To examine the construct validity of the low-cost, portable laparoscopic simulator
eoSim using motion analysis. Material and methods: Novice and experienced surgeons (≤ …

Abstract Background and Objectives: The quality of healthcare delivery depends directly on
the skills of clinicians. For patients on hemodialysis, medical errors or injuries caused during …

Background Laparoscopic suturing (LS) has become a common technique used in a variety
of advanced laparoscopic procedures. However, LS is a challenging skill to master, and …