title: [Control study on colonoscopy skills acquiring from endoscopic simulation system transfering to patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the feasibility of transferring the skills from the AccuTouch flexible endoscopy simulator colonoscopy training to clinical practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  The novice colonoscopies were divided into 2 groups.Group A (control group) including 4 trainees for traditional training, Group B (experimental group) including 4 trainees for simulator training. After training, we compared the number of cases for achieving independent competence, assisted competence and incompetence in the first ten patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences existed between two groups in terms of age and gender (both P > 0.05). Significant differences existed in educational background and the controlled group was better than the experimental group (Z = -2.005, P = 0.04). The cases of independent completion, assisted competence and incompetence of the control and experimental groups were 2, 4, 9 and 21, 29, 15 respectively. Rank tests show that the simulator training was better than the traditional counterpart (average rank: 56.14 vs 24.86, Z = -6.393, P = 0.00).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The skills acquired from AccuTouch Endoscopy Simulator may be well transferred into the clinical colonoscopy environment. It clearly supports the scheme of integrating simulator training into colonoscopic education curricula.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digestive Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Fa-Chao
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Si-de
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cun-Long
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: De-Shou
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xu-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: DU
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing-Feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: DU
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Ya-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000193:education; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D014584:User-Computer Interface