title: [Psychomotor skills assessment in basic procedures of laparoscopic surgery in undergraduate medical students at the School of Medicine of the University of Colima].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The changes in recent decades in the training of medical student seem to agree that the educational model for professional skills is most appropriate. The virtual simulator translates skills acquired the operating room, in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colima noticed the need to prepare the students of pregrade transferring surgical trainees' skills in basic laparoscopic activities that require a simple cognitive effort.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The hypothesis in this study was to evaluate the acquisition of skills in laparoscopic simulator in students of pregrade.
  
  
  METHODS
  Educational research, analytical comparison, which was conducted within the activities of the program of Problem Based Learning in the program of Education and Surgical Technique, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colima.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants in the simulator achieved a significantly better during the task one after three repetitions (p= 0.001). The evaluation of final students calcification, we observed significant differences in means being lower during the initial assessment (8.60 ± 0.76) compared to the end (8.96 ± 0.58) p= 0.001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The acquisition of skills in the simulator is longer but at the end is better than the acquisition of skills from the traditional method, showing that leads to the acquisition of skills that promote the transfer of skills to the surgical environment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación y Técnica Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico. epdch@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prieto-Díaz-Chávez
authors.affiliation: >Departamento de Educación y Técnica Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico.
authors.forename: José Luís
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Medina-Chávez
authors.affiliation: >Departamento de Educación y Técnica Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lira
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital General Zona y Medicina Familiar 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Colima, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Millán-Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina y Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, México.
authors.forename: Clemente
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: >Departamento de Educación y Técnica Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico.
authors.forename: Benjamín
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trujillo-Hernández
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000193:education*; D059032:Learning Curve; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013030:Spain; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Basic skills; cirugía laparoscópica; competencias; competencies; habilidades básicas; laparoscopic surgery