title: Assessing a virtual reality surgical skills simulator.
abstract: The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) was contracted to perform a military standard task analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and to study the effectiveness of a virtual reality surgical skills simulator as a tool for surgical training and as a method for recording psychomotor behavior. This report describes the purpose of the study, its design, initial results, and implications for the field of medical education.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhoyrul
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Way
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satava
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangel
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Loftin
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003479:Curriculum; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface