Interventional radiology simulation: prepare for a virtual revolution in training.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to learn interventional radiology (IR) skills because there are fewer "straightforward" invasive diagnostic imaging studies, a reduction in the time available for training, concerns about patient safety, and changing patient perceptions. Computer-based simulation has the potential to allow an operator to realistically perform a virtual procedure with feedback about performance and could remove at least some of the patient's role during the learning curve. To do this effectively requires a strategy for integrating simulator models into curricula and the development of standards for their validation.
Gould
Derek Alan
DA
Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool L7 8XP, England. dgould@liv.ac.uk
D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000295:instrumentation; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000193:education*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014584:User-Computer Interface